Reprint of "Update on ultrasound elastography: Miscellanea. Prostate, testicle, musculo-skeletal"

Abstract

Nowadays ultrasound elastosonography is an established technique, although with limited clinical application, used to assess tissue stiffness, which is a parameter that in most cases is associated with malignancy. However, although a consistent number of articles have been published about several applications of elastosonography, its use in certain human body districts is still not well defined. In this paper we write on the use of elastosonography in prostate, testicle and musculo-skeletal apparatus. We report and compare the work of several authors, different type of elastosonography (shear wave, strain elastography, etc.) and instrumental data obtained in the study of both benign and malignant lesions.

Keywords: Elastography; Elastosonography; Musculo-skeletal; Prostate; Testicle; Ultrasound.