After 20 years of innovation in techniques that specifically image the biomechanical
properties of tissue, the evolution of elastographic imaging can be viewed from its infancy …

From times immemorial manual palpation served as a source of information on the state of
soft tissues and allowed detection of various diseases accompanied by changes in tissue …

Chronic hepatitis is accompanied by progressive deposit of hepatic fibrosis, which may lead
to cirrhosis. Evaluation of liver fibrosis is, thus, of great clinical interest and, up to now, has …

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a phase-contrast-based MRI imaging technique
that can directly visualize and quantitatively measure propagating acoustic strain waves in …

This book is one of the results from the PETRA network (PiezoElectric TRansducers and
Applications) following the execution of the project PETRA I co-financed by the European …

Chronic liver disease has multiple causes, many of which are increasing in prevalence. The
final common pathway of chronic liver disease is tissue destruction and attempted …

Palpation is one of the most sensitive, effective diagnostic practices, motivating the
quantitative and spatially resolved determination of soft tissue elasticity parameters by …

MR elastography is a novel imaging technique for the visualization of elastic properties of
tissue. It is expected that this method will have diagnostic value for the clarification of …

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a non‐invasive imaging technique used to
visualise and quantify mechanical properties of tissue, providing information beyond what …

Time-delay estimators, such as normalized cross correlation and phase-shift estimation,
form the computational basis for elastography, blood flow measurements, and acoustic …