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Shear wave elastography in chronic kidney disease – the physics and clinical application
Chronic kidney disease is a leading public health problem worldwide. The global prevalence of chronic kidney disease is nearly five hundred million...
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Shear wave ultrasound elastography for estimating cartilage stiffness: implications for early detection of osteoarthritis
Current osteoarthritis (OA) diagnosis relies on radiographic abnormalities found in later stages of the disease, posing a challenge to the treatment...
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Characterizing Musculoskeletal Tissue Mechanics Based on Shear Wave Propagation: A Systematic Review of Current Methods and Reported Measurements
Develo** methods for the non-invasive characterization of the mechanics of musculoskeletal tissues is an ongoing research focus in biomechanics....
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Nonlinear fourth-order elastic characterization of the cornea using torsional wave elastography
Measuring the mechanical nonlinear properties of the cornea remains challenging due to the lack of consensus in the methodology and in the models...
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Ultrasound elastography using shear wave interference patterns: a finite element study of affecting factors
Elastography as one of the non-invasive medical imaging techniques which can help determine the stiffness of organs and other structures is currently...
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Carotid Plaque Vulnerability Assessed by Combined Shear Wave Elastography and Ultrafast Doppler Compared to Histology
Ultrafast ultrasound imaging (UUI) provides an estimation of carotid plaque stiffness by shear wave elastography (SWE) and the quantification of wall...
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Biceps femoris long head stiffens after 2 weeks of training cessation in highly trained sprinters
PurposeMost athletes experience short-term training cessation because of illness, injury, post-season vacation, or other reasons. Passive muscle...
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Early assessment of shear wave elastography parameters foresees the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with invasive breast cancer
BackgroundEarly prediction of tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is crucial for optimal treatment and improved outcome in breast...
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Influence of sprint exercise on aortic pulse wave velocity and femoral artery shear patterns
PurposeAortic stiffness may affect shear patterns in the peripheral vasculature. This study examined if sprint exercise, which typically increases...
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Interface Wave Contribution to Acoustic Particle Motion During Offshore Wind Farm Construction
Construction of offshore wind turbines, via impact pile driving, generates and radiates intense acoustic and sediment borne energy through the water...
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Micro-viscoelastic Characterization of Compressed Oral Solid Dosage Forms with Ultrasonic Wave Dispersion Analysis
Due to their constituent powders, the materials of advanced compressed oral solid dosage (OSD) forms are micro-composites and strongly visco-elastic...
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Healthy human skin Kelvin-Voigt fractional and spring-pot biomarkers reconstruction using torsional wave elastography
This paper presents a novel method for reconstructing skin parameters using Probabilistic Inverse Problem (PIP) techniques and Torsional Wave...
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Full Wave Inversion and Inverse Scattering in Ultrasound Tomography/Volography
Ultrasound breast tomography has been around for more than 40 years. Early approaches to reconstruction focused on simple algebraic reconstructions...
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Passive and active muscle elasticity of medial gastrocnemius is related to performance in sprinters
PurposeLimited information is available on the association between muscle material properties and sprint performance. We aimed to identify whether...
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Ultrasonic Assessment of Cancellous Bone Based on the Two-Wave Phenomenon
The investigation of cancellous bone using ultrasound measurements is not an easy task due to the solid complex trabecular structure filled with...
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Revealing the Effect of Skull Deformation on Intracranial Pressure Variation During the Direct Interaction Between Blast Wave and Surrogate Head
Intracranial pressure (ICP) during the interaction between blast wave and the head is a crucial evaluation criterion for blast-induced traumatic...
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Effect of Nonlinear Hyperelastic Property of Arterial Tissues on the Pulse Wave Velocity Based on the Unified-Fiber-Distribution (UFD) Model
Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a key, independent risk factor for future cardiovascular events. The Moens–Korteweg equation describes the relation...
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Acute effect of static stretching on non-muscular tissue stiffness and joint flexibility: a comparative study between older and young men
PurposeNon-muscular tissue stiffness is assumed to have a negative impact on joint flexibility, and a reduction in non-muscular tissue stiffness may...
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Single-Sided Ultrasound Imaging of the Bone Cortex: Anatomy, Tissue Characterization and Blood Flow
In this chapter, we first review the reasons why conventional ultrasonography fails to image the interior of bones. Next we show our recent work on...
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Studies of the Hemocompatibility of the Sputnik Ventricular Assist Device in Constant and Pulse-Modulated Operating Modes
We report here studies of the hemocompatibility of the Sputnik ventricular assist device operating in constant and pulse-modulated rotor speed modes....