Surface wave elastography is a reliable method to correlate muscle elasticity, torque, and electromyography activity level.

ABSTRACT: The shear elastic modulus is one of the most important parameters to characterize the mechanical behavior of soft tissues. In biomechanics, ultrasound elastography is the gold standard for measuring and mapping it locally in skeletal muscle in vivo. However, their applications are limited to the laboratory or clinic. Thus, low-frequency elastography methods have recently emerged as a novel alternative to ultrasound elastography. Avoiding the use of high frequencies, these methods allow obtaining a mean value of bulk shear elasticity. However, they are frequently susceptible to diffraction, guided waves, and near field effects, which introduces biases in the estimates. The goal of this work is to test the performance of the non-ultrasound surface wave elastography (NU-SWE), which is portabl

SUBMITTER: Grinspan GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8326893 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature