Elasticity Imaging Techniques

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Comparison of Acoustic Radiation Force-Derived Indices of Cardiac Function in the Langendorff Perfused Rabbit Heart. 
  • A Prospective Longitudinal Study to Investigate Corneal Hysteresis as a Risk Factor for Predicting Development of Glaucoma. 
  • A multiresolution approach to shear wave image reconstruction. 
  • A novel motion compensation algorithm for acoustic radiation force elastography. 
  • A scoping review of methods used in musculoskeletal soft tissue and nerve shear wave elastography studies. 
  • A theoretical study of inertial cavitation from acoustic radiation force impulse imaging and implications for the mechanical index. 
  • Accounting for the Spatial Observation Window in the 2-D Fourier Transform Analysis of Shear Wave Attenuation. 
  • Accuracy of fibroscan, compared with histology, in analysis of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis B or C: a United States multicenter study. 
  • Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) imaging-based needle visualization. 
  • Acoustic radiation force elasticity imaging in diagnostic ultrasound. 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) on an IVUS circular array. 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for noninvasive characterization of carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques: a feasibility study 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of human prostates ex vivo. 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of human prostates: initial in vivo demonstration. 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of mechanical stiffness propagation in myocardial tissue. 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of vulnerable plaques: a finite element method parametric analysis. 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging on ex vivo abdominal aortic aneurysm model. 
  • Acoustic radiation force-driven assessment of myocardial elasticity using the displacement ratio rate (DRR) method. 
  • American Gastroenterological Association Institute Technical Review on the Role of Elastography in Chronic Liver Diseases. 
  • An integrated indenter-ARFI imaging system for tissue stiffness quantification. 
  • An inverse problem approach for elasticity imaging through vibroacoustics. 
  • Analysis of multiple shear wave modes in a nonlinear soft solid: Experiments and finite element simulations with a tilted acoustic radiation force. 
  • Analysis of rapid multi-focal-zone ARFI imaging. 
  • Analyzing the Impact of Increasing Mechanical Index and Energy Deposition on Shear Wave Speed Reconstruction in Human Liver. 
  • Archeological Echocardiography: Digitization and Speckle Tracking Analysis of Archival Echocardiograms in the HyperGEN Study. 
  • Arterial waveguide model for shear wave elastography: implementation and in vitro validation. 
  • Assessing cardiac stiffness using ultrasound shear wave elastography. 
  • Assessment of Diastolic Function Using Ultrasound Elastography. 
  • Assessment of Structural Heterogeneity and Viscosity in the Cervix Using Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging: Initial Results from a Rhesus Macaque Model. 
  • B-mode and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging of prostate zonal anatomy: comparison with 3T T2-weighted MR imaging. 
  • Baseline prevalence and predictors of liver fibrosis among HIV-positive individuals: a substudy of the INSIGHT Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment (START) trial. 
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Identifying an activation delay by regional strain analysis. 
  • Characterization of Viscoelastic Materials Using Group Shear Wave Speeds. 
  • Characterization of ventral incisional hernia and repair using shear wave elastography. 
  • Characterizing stiffness of human prostates using acoustic radiation force. 
  • Combination of FIB-4 with ultrasound surface nodularity or elastography as predictors of histologic advanced liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease. 
  • Combined anatomical optical coherence tomography and intraluminal pressure reveal viscoelasticity of the in vivo airway. 
  • Combined ultrasonic thermal ablation with interleaved ARFI image monitoring using a single diagnostic curvilinear array: a feasibility study. 
  • Comparison of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging Derived Carotid Plaque Stiffness With Spatially Registered MRI Determined Composition. 
  • Comparison of physiological motion filters for in vivo cardiac ARFI. 
  • Comprehensive assessment of right ventricular function in patients with pulmonary hypertension with global longitudinal peak systolic strain derived from multiple right ventricular views. 
  • Contrast in intracardiac acoustic radiation force impulse images of radiofrequency ablation lesions. 
  • Current status of fibrosis markers. 
  • Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Displacement Estimation in ARFI Imaging. 
  • Derivation and analysis of viscoelastic properties in human liver: impact of frequency on fibrosis and steatosis staging. 
  • Detection of Changes in Cervical Softness Using Shear Wave Speed in Early versus Late Pregnancy: An in Vivo Cross-Sectional Study. 
  • Diastolic wall strain: a simple marker of abnormal cardiac mechanics. 
  • Effect of graphite concentration on shear-wave speed in gelatin-based tissue-mimicking phantoms. 
  • Elastography Assessment of Liver Fibrosis: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference Statement. 
  • Elastography Assessment of Liver Fibrosis: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference Statement. 
  • Emerging technologies in neuromuscular ultrasound. 
  • Estimation of Shear Wave Speed in the Rhesus Macaques' Uterine Cervix. 
  • Estimation of shear wave speed in the human uterine cervix. 
  • Estimation of the transverse strain tensor in the arterial wall using ivus image registration 
  • Evaluating the Benefit of Elevated Acoustic Output in Harmonic Motion Estimation in Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging. 
  • Evaluating the Improvement in Shear Wave Speed Image Quality Using Multidimensional Directional Filters in the Presence of Reflection Artifacts. 
  • Evaluating the feasibility of acoustic radiation force impulse shear wave elasticity imaging of the uterine cervix with an intracavity array: a simulation study. 
  • Evaluation of muscles affected by myositis using magnetic resonance elastography. 
  • Feasibility of near real-time lesion assessment during radiofrequency catheter ablation in humans using acoustic radiation force impulse imaging. 
  • FibroSURE and FibroScan in relation to treatment response in chronic hepatitis C virus. 
  • Frequent Activation Delay-Induced Mechanical Dyssynchrony and Dysfunction in the Systemic Right Ventricle. 
  • Full Characterization of in vivo Muscle as an Elastic, Incompressible, Transversely Isotropic Material Using Ultrasonic Rotational 3D Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging. 
  • GPU-based real-time small displacement estimation with ultrasound. 
  • Great Expectations: Can Magnetic Resonance Elastography Accelerate Progress in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Research? 
  • Guidelines for Finite-Element Modeling of Acoustic Radiation Force-Induced Shear Wave Propagation in Tissue-Mimicking Media. 
  • Harmonic tracking of acoustic radiation force-induced displacements. 
  • Identifying Clinically Significant Prostate Cancers using 3-D In Vivo Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging with Whole-Mount Histology Validation. 
  • Image quality, tissue heating, and frame rate trade-offs in acoustic radiation force impulse imaging. 
  • Imaging transverse isotropic properties of muscle by monitoring acoustic radiation force induced shear waves using a 2-D matrix ultrasound array. 
  • Immediate mechanical effects of acute left bundle branch block by speckle tracked strain. 
  • Impact of Acoustic Radiation Force Excitation Geometry on Shear Wave Dispersion and Attenuation Estimates. 
  • In vitro monitoring of the dynamic elasticity changes during radiofrequency ablation with acoustic radiation force impulse imaging. 
  • In vivo cardiac, acoustic-radiation-force-driven, shear wave velocimetry. 
  • In vivo guidance and assessment of liver radio-frequency ablation with acoustic radiation force elastography. 
  • In vivo quantification of liver stiffness in a rat model of hepatic fibrosis with acoustic radiation force. 
  • In vivo visualization of abdominal malignancies with acoustic radiation force elastography. 
  • Intracardiac acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) and shear wave imaging in pigs with focal infarctions. 
  • Intracardiac acoustic radiation force impulse imaging: a novel imaging method for intraprocedural evaluation of radiofrequency ablation lesions. 
  • Intracardiac echocardiography and acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of a dynamic ex vivo ovine heart model. 
  • Intracardiac echocardiography measurement of dynamic myocardial stiffness with shear wave velocimetry. 
  • Investigating the heterogeneity of viscoelastic properties in prostate cancer using MR elastography at 9.4T in fresh prostatectomy specimens. 
  • Left ventricular regional contraction abnormalities by echocardiographic speckle tracking in combined right bundle branch with left anterior fascicular block compared to left bundle branch block. 
  • Levels of alanine aminotransferase confound use of transient elastography to diagnose fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. 
  • Liver stiffness thresholds to predict disease progression and clinical outcomes in bridging fibrosis and cirrhosis. 
  • Lower-limb vascular imaging with acoustic radiation force elastography: demonstration of in vivo feasibility. 
  • Material characterization of in vivo and in vitro porcine brain using shear wave elasticity. 
  • Measurement of the transverse strain tensor in the coronary arterial wall from clinical intravascular ultrasound images. 
  • Measuring Intraventricular Pressure Using Ultrasound Elastography. 
  • Methods of monitoring thermal ablation of soft tissue tumors - A comprehensive review. 
  • Modeling of nonphase mechanisms in ultrasonic modulation of light propagation. 
  • Modified error in constitutive equations (MECE) approach for ultrasound elastography. 
  • Multi-modal magnetic resonance elastography for noninvasive assessment of ovarian tissue rigidity in vivo. 
  • Multi-parametric quantitative microvascular imaging with optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy in vivo. 
  • Multiparametric Ultrasound for Targeting Prostate Cancer: Combining ARFI, SWEI, QUS and B-Mode. 
  • Non-invasive Measurement of Dynamic Myocardial Stiffness Using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging. 
  • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Among Individuals with HIV Mono-infection: A Growing Concern? 
  • Noninvasive Predictors of High-Risk Varices in Patients with Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension. 
  • Noninvasive assessment of wall-shear rate and vascular elasticity using combined ARFI/SWEI/spectral Doppler imaging system. 
  • Noninvasive evaluation of hepatic fibrosis using acoustic radiation force-based shear stiffness in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. 
  • Noninvasive photoacoustic computed tomography of mouse brain metabolism in vivo. 
  • Noninvasive tools to assess liver disease. 
  • Novel acoustic radiation force impulse imaging methods for visualization of rapidly moving tissue. 
  • On the Challenges Associated with Obtaining Reproducible Measurements Using SWEI in the Median Nerve. 
  • On the feasibility of imaging peripheral nerves using acoustic radiation force impulse imaging. 
  • On the need for comprehensive validation of deformable image registration, investigated with a novel 3-dimensional deformable dosimeter. 
  • Optical tracking of superficial dynamics from an acoustic radiation force-induced excitation. 
  • Parameters affecting the resolution and accuracy of 2-D quantitative shear wave images. 
  • Parametric Analysis of SV Mode Shear Waves in Transversely Isotropic Materials Using Ultrasonic Rotational 3-D SWEI. 
  • Patterns of Mechanical Inefficiency in Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Their Relation to Left Ventricular Function and Clinical Outcomes. 
  • Photoacoustic elastography. 
  • Plane wave elastography: a frequency-domain ultrasound shear wave elastography approach. 
  • Preliminary Results on the Feasibility of Using ARFI/SWEI to Assess Cutaneous Sclerotic Diseases. 
  • Prostate Cancer Detection Using 3-D Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging. 
  • Prostate cancer assessment using MR elastography of fresh prostatectomy specimens at 9.4 T. 
  • Quantifying Myocardial Contractility Changes Using Ultrasound-Based Shear Wave Elastography. 
  • Quantifying Skin Stiffness in Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Morphea, and Systemic Sclerosis Using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging and Shear Wave Elastography. 
  • Quantifying hepatic shear modulus in vivo using acoustic radiation force. 
  • Quantifying the Impact of Imaging Through Body Walls on Shear Wave Elasticity Measurements. 
  • Quantitative assessment of cervical softening during pregnancy in the Rhesus macaque with shear wave elasticity imaging. 
  • Radiological Society of North America/Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Alliance Shear Wave Speed Bias Quantification in Elastic and Viscoelastic Phantoms. 
  • Real-time sonoelastography of hepatic thermal lesions in a swine model. 
  • Repeatability of Rotational 3-D Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging Measurements in Skeletal Muscle. 
  • Right ventricular mechanics using a novel comprehensive three-view echocardiographic strain analysis in a normal population. 
  • Scanned 3-D Intracardiac ARFI and SWEI for Imaging Radio-Frequency Ablation Lesions. 
  • Sensing Inhalation Injury-Associated Changes in Airway Wall Compliance by Anatomic Optical Coherence Elastography. 
  • Single- and multiple-track-location shear wave and acoustic radiation force impulse imaging: matched comparison of contrast, contrast-to-noise ratio and resolution. 
  • Sonic Estimation of Elasticity via Resonance: A New Method of Assessing Hemostasis. 
  • The ASK1 inhibitor selonsertib in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: A randomized, phase 2 trial. 
  • The clinical management of HCV in the HIV-infected patient. 
  • The development and potential of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging for carotid artery plaque characterization. 
  • The effect of acute coronary perfusion change on cardiac function measured by Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging. 
  • The feasibility of myocardial infarct visualization using atrial kick induced strain (AKIS) contrast. 
  • The influence of acoustic radiation force beam shape and location on wave spectral content for arterial dispersion ultrasound vibrometry. 
  • Thee-Dimensional Single-Track-Location Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging. 
  • Thermal safety of vibro-acoustography using a confocal transducer. 
  • Toward improved accuracy in shear wave elastography of arteries through controlling the arterial response to ultrasound perturbation in-silico and in phantoms. 
  • Tractable calculation of the Green's tensor for shear wave propagation in an incompressible, transversely isotropic material. 
  • Transverse flow imaging based on photoacoustic Doppler bandwidth broadening. 
  • Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging Sequencing and Data Processing Using a Verasonics Research Scanner. 
  • Ultrasound elastography using a regularized modified error in constitutive equations (MECE) approach: a comprehensive phantom study. 
  • Ultrasound shear wave elasticity imaging quantifies coronary perfusion pressure effect on cardiac compliance. 
  • Ultrasound shear wave elastography effectively predicts integrity of ventral hernia repair using acellular dermal matrix augmented with platelet-rich plasma (PRP). 
  • Ultrasound vibro-elastography for assessing mechanical properties of porcine reproductive tissues in an ex vivo model. 
  • Use of Non-invasive Testing to Stage Liver Fibrosis in Patients with HIV. 
  • Variability of global left ventricular deformation analysis using vendor dependent and independent two-dimensional speckle-tracking software in adults. 
  • Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography for Diagnosing Cirrhosis and Staging Hepatic Fibrosis. 
  • WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 1: basic principles and terminology. 
  • WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 2: breast. 
  • WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 3: liver. 
  • [Prognostic value of liver stiffness in decompensated heart failure: results of prospective observational transient elastography-based study]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Abern, Michael R, Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Urology
  • Nightingale, Kathryn Radabaugh, Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering