Do High Frequency Ultrasound Images Support Clinical Skin Assessment?

Do High Frequency Ultrasound Images Support Clinical Skin Assessment?

High frequency ultrasound imaging has been reported as a potential method of identifying the suspected tissue damage in patients "at risk" of pressure ulceration. The aim of this study was to explore whether ultrasound images supported the clinical skin assessment in an inpatient population through identification of subcutaneous tissue damage. Skin on the heels and/or sacral coccygeal area of f...

1 High Frequency Ultrasound Assessment of Skin Fibrosis : 2 Clinical Results

Quantitative assessment of pressure sore generation and healing through numerical analysis of high-frequency ultrasound images.

Abstract-This article focuses on the development of a method to quantitatively assess the healing process of artificially induced pressure sores using high-frequency (20 MHz) ultrasound images. We induced sores in guinea pigs and monitored predefined regions on days 3, 7, 14, and 21 after sore generation. We extracted relevant parameters regarding the tissue echographic structure and attenuatio...

High-Frequency Ultrasound Examination in the Diagnosis of Skin Cancer.

Ultrasound above 14 MHz images epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissues in real time. Tumor depth is ascertained with B-mode. Three-dimensional imaging depicts nonpalpable, in-transit, and satellite lesions. Doppler blood flow technologies measure tumor neovascularity and map vascular structures. Three-dimensional Doppler histogram reconstruction measures tumor aggression and metastatic pote...

High frequency skin ultrasonography in systemic sclerosis

Background: Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder which is characterised by cutaneous and internal organ fibrosis. Raynaud’s phenomenon is the earliest feature and may precede the onset of the disease by months to years. The heart, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys and other organs may be involved. Our aim was to evaluate skin thickness and echogenicity in systemic...