Reprint of "Update on ultrasound elastography: Miscellanea. Prostate, testicle, musculo-skeletal"

J M Correas; E Drakonakis; A M Isidori; O Hélénon; C Pozza; V Cantisani; N Di Leo; F Maghella; A Rubini; F M Drudi; F D'ambrosio

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.01.018

Reprint of "Update on ultrasound elastography: Miscellanea. Prostate, testicle, musculo-skeletal"

Eur J Radiol. 2014 Mar;83(3):442-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.01.018. Epub 2014 Feb 1.

Authors

J M Correas¹, E Drakonakis², A M Isidori³, O Hélénon¹, C Pozza³, V Cantisani⁴, N Di Leo⁵, F Maghella⁵, A Rubini⁵, F M Drudi⁵, F D'ambrosio⁵

Affiliations

¹ Descartes University & Necker University Hospital, Department of Adult Radiology, Paris, France.
² Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.
³ Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Experimental Medicine, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Radiology, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: vito.cantisani@uniroma1.it.
⁵ Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Radiology, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 24495906
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.01.018

Abstract

Nowadays ultrasound elastosonography is an established technique, although with limited clinical application, used to assess tissue stiffness, which is a parameter that in most cases is associated with malignancy. However, although a consistent number of articles have been published about several applications of elastosonography, its use in certain human body districts is still not well defined. In this paper we write on the use of elastosonography in prostate, testicle and musculo-skeletal apparatus. We report and compare the work of several authors, different type of elastosonography (shear wave, strain elastography, etc.) and instrumental data obtained in the study of both benign and malignant lesions.

Keywords: Elastography; Elastosonography; Musculo-skeletal; Prostate; Testicle; Ultrasound.

Publication types

Review