Elasticity imaging is based on two processes. The first is the evaluation of the mechanical
response of a stressed tissue using imaging modalities, eg ultrasound, magnetic resonance …

Recently, a number of methods have been developed that make it possible to image the
elastic properties of soft tissues. Because certain types of tissues such as malignant lesions …

Conventional diagnostic ultrasound images portray differences in the acoustic properties of
soft tissues, whereas ultrasound-based elasticity images portray differences in the elastic …

It is well known that some diseases, such as cancer, lead to a change of tissue hardness (ie
the so-called elasticity modulus). The reconstruction of tissue elasticity provides the …

The mechanical attributes of soft tissues depend on their molecular building blocks (fat,
collagen etc.), on the microscopic and macroscopic structural organization of these blocks …

Abstract Changes in tissue elasticity are generally correlated with its pathological state. In
many cases, despite the difference in elasticity, the small size of a lesion or its location deep …

We review the principles of elastography and some of its accomplishments to date in the
area of breast imaging in vivo. We present a literature review of a variety of methods for the …

The development of ultrasound-based elasticity imaging methods has been the focus of
intense research activity since the mid-1990s. In characterizing the mechanical properties of …

Elastography is a method that can ultimately generate several new kinds of images, called
elastograms. As such, all the properties of elastograms are different from the familiar …

A number of different approaches have been developed to estimate and image the elastic
properties of tissue. The biomechanical properties of tissues are vitally linked to function and …