Tissue Elasticity Imaging: Volume Two: Clinical Applications offers an extensive treatment of the fundamentals and applications of this groundbreaking diagnostic modality. Techniques and results are presented for the assessment of breast, prostate, heart, liver and thyroid tissues. For each application, details are provided on how to perform each technique, along with methods of interpretation, diagnostic criteria, quality assurance, challenges and case studies. This book is an essential resource for all researchers and practitioners (including scientists, radiologists, urologists, fellows and residents) interested in any elasticity imaging modality.
As many diseases, including cancers, alter tissue mechanical properties, it is not always possible for conventional methods to detect changes, but with elasticity images that are produced by slow tissue deformation or low-frequency vibration, these changes can be displayed.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. xi 6. About the editors - p. xiii 7. Foreword - p. xv 8. Preface - p. xvii 9. Acknowledgments - p. xix 10. Chapter 1. Clinical elasticity estimation and imaging: applications and standards - p. 1 11. Chapter 2. Breast elastography - p. 21 12. Chapter 3. Clinical applications of elastographic methods to improve prostate cancer evaluation - p. 47 13. Chapter 4. Cardiovascular elastography - p. 67 14. Chapter 5. Ultrasound-based liver elastography - p. 109 15. Chapter 6. Thermal therapy monitoring using elastography - p. 135 16. Chapter 7. Thyroid elastography - p. 157 17. Chapter 8. Elastography applications in pregnancy - p. 181 18. Chapter 9. Musculoskeletal elastography - p. 197 19. Index - p. 225
Tissue Elasticity Imaging: Volume Two: Clinical Applications offers an extensive treatment of the fundamentals and applications of this groundbreaking diagnostic modality. Techniques and results are presented for the assessment of breast, prostate, heart, liver and thyroid tissues. For each application, details are provided on how to perform each technique, along with methods of interpretation, diagnostic criteria, quality assurance, challenges and case studies. This book is an essential resource for all researchers and practitioners (including scientists, radiologists, urologists, fellows and residents) interested in any elasticity imaging modality.
As many diseases, including cancers, alter tissue mechanical properties, it is not always possible for conventional methods to detect changes, but with elasticity images that are produced by slow tissue deformation or low-frequency vibration, these changes can be displayed.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. xi 6. About the editors - p. xiii 7. Foreword - p. xv 8. Preface - p. xvii 9. Acknowledgments - p. xix 10. Chapter 1. Clinical elasticity estimation and imaging: applications and standards - p. 1 11. Chapter 2. Breast elastography - p. 21 12. Chapter 3. Clinical applications of elastographic methods to improve prostate cancer evaluation - p. 47 13. Chapter 4. Cardiovascular elastography - p. 67 14. Chapter 5. Ultrasound-based liver elastography - p. 109 15. Chapter 6. Thermal therapy monitoring using elastography - p. 135 16. Chapter 7. Thyroid elastography - p. 157 17. Chapter 8. Elastography applications in pregnancy - p. 181 18. Chapter 9. Musculoskeletal elastography - p. 197 19. Index - p. 225
