Assessment of ultrasound shear wave elastography: An animal ex-vivo study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the influence of the surrounding environment of the target tissue, lesion size, and rectangular sampling box size on shear wave speed (SWS).

Methods

The tendon SWS was acquired ex-vivo. Then the tendons were dissected and buried in the couplant (gel) and evaluated by two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE). Finally, the tendons were placed in the isolated muscles to simulate the intramuscular lesions, and their elasticity was tested under two rectangular sampling box conditions. The isolated complete liver SWS was acquired. Similarly, the large and small pieces of livers were cut out, placed in the muscles, and assessed by SWE under two rectangular sampling box conditions. The SWS acquired under different conditions was compared. Variability wa

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10113705 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature