Research

Shear Wave Imaging

With the advent of ultrafast ultrasound, a new way of ultrasound imaging that enables image acquisition at 100-fold faster imaging rates than conventional ultrasound, fast anatomical imaging and new possibilities for functional imaging of tissue have become available.

One of these new imaging modes is shear wave elastography (SWE), which allows mapping the elasticity of tissue within 1/10 of a second. This technique is currently mainly clinically applied to quantify liver stiffness for staging liver disease and to identify and classify lesions in breast.