title: EFSUMB guidelines and recommendations on the clinical use of ultrasound elastography. Part 2: Clinical applications.
abstract: The clinical part of these Guidelines and Recommendations produced under the auspices of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology EFSUMB assesses the clinically used applications of all forms of elastography, stressing the evidence from meta-analyses and giving practical advice for their uses and interpretation. Diffuse liver disease forms the largest section, reflecting the wide experience with transient and shear wave elastography . Then follow the breast, thyroid, gastro-intestinal tract, endoscopic elastography, the prostate and the musculo-skeletal system using strain and shear wave elastography as appropriate. The document is intended to form a reference and to guide clinical users in a practical way.
authors.affiliation: Div. of Radiology, Imperial and Kings Colleges, London, UK. d.cosgrove@imperial.ac.uk
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mesh_terms: D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods