Real-time quasi-static ultrasound elastography

Area of Science:

• Medical Imaging
• Biophysics
• Diagnostic Techniques

Background:

• Ultrasound elastography, a method for imaging tissue stiffness, has been researched for two decades.
• Active research continues, with significant commercial and clinical interest despite inconclusive cancer imaging results.
• The technique utilizes conventional ultrasound machines for clinical imaging.

Purpose of the Study:

• To review widely adopted, non-quantitative ultrasound elastography techniques.
• To focus on technical innovations rather than clinical applications.
• To provide context for various elastography techniques from the authors' perspective.

Main Methods:

• Review of non-quantitative ultrasound elastography techniques.
• Focus on technical advancements in the field.
• Contextualization of different methods based on expert perspective.

Main Results:

• Identification of widely adopted, non-quantitative elastography techniques.
• Emphasis on technical innovations driving the field.
• Overview of the current landscape of ultrasound elastography methods.

Conclusions:

• Ultrasound elastography is an evolving field with sustained research interest.
• Technical innovations are key drivers of advancements in elastography.
• Non-quantitative methods are widely adopted and continue to gain clinical traction.