Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging of Human Prostates Ex Vivo

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of the mechanical properties of arteries: in vivo and ex vivo results.

We present results of a pilot study of ex vivo and in vivo acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging demonstrating measurements of the mechanical properties of the carotid and popliteal arteries. The results were obtained on a modified commercial scanner, providing coregistered B-mode and color Doppler images. 2D and 1D through time images are formed from the measurements of tissues' resp...

Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging of Myocardial Performance

(Biomedical Engineering) Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging of Myocardial Performance

Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging for Differentiation of Thyroid Nodules

BACKGROUND Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI)-Imaging is an ultrasound-based elastography method enabling quantitative measurement of tissue stiffness. The aim of the present study was to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of ARFI-imaging for differentiation of thyroid nodules and to compare it to the well evaluated qualitative real-time elastography (RTE). METHODS ARFI-imaging involve...

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of kidneys – a phantom study

AIM OF THE STUDY Since there have been only few works reporting the diagnosis of kidneys using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse technique and those works do not provide consistent results of shear wave velocity measurements in renal tissue, we have decided to use kidney phantoms with known properties to examine the reliability of the method itself in a controlled setup similar to kidneys examin...

Liver cirrhosis noninvasive assessment with Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging.