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Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Musculoskeletal soft tissue, Elastography, Diagnostic procedure, Tissue characterisation
Authors:
A. Arcidiacono, A. Corazza, S. Perugin Bernardi, R. Sartoris, D. Orlandi, E. Silvestri; Genoa/IT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2015/C-2384
Conclusion
Sonoelastography is a very promising tool in the evaluation of tendons and muscles,
it can be used to depict stiffness changes in various soft-tissue structures such as muscles,
tendons and ligaments.
Strain elastography provide quick,
easier and qualitative or semi-quantitative measurements of such structures,
shear waves elastography adds a more precise quantitative characterization with a much more difficult learning curve and a longer examination time.
As reported before,
both these techniques are characterized by some technical limitation but we can argue that SEL represents a very helpful tool in clinical practice,
in addition to B-mode sonography and color-power Doppler techniques,
allowing for a careful depicton of tendon and muscle stiffness both in pathologic and normal conditions.
Future studies will help to better investigate the inner features of this potential technique with the aim to improve the diagnostic confidence of musculoskeletal imaging.