High Frequency Ultrasound Assessment of Skin Fibrosis: Clinical Results

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

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...

A NEW HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND SKIN IMAGING SYSTEM Imaging properties and clinical in vivo results

In this paper, a new high frequency ultrasound (HFUS) system for high resolution skin imaging is presented. For imaging, mechanical scans are performed with spherically focused single element transducers. Two separate applicators with different transducers are utilized to fulfill the different requirements for imaging the skin with 20MHz ultrasound and for lower range high resolution imaging of...

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...