title: [Radiology Update Ultrasound Elastography – Quintessence for the Primary Care Physician].
abstract: Ultrasound elastography visualizes and measures elasticity of tissue. Depending on the methods there are four types of elastography: strain elastography (SE), transient elastography (TE), acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) and shear wave elastography (SWE). Due to the fact that pathological changes in the tissue in most of the cases mean a lower elasticity, ultrasound elastography is able to diagnose diseases such as liver fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, to help in the diagnosis of suspicious lesions in mamma, prostate and thyroid gland. So far, ultrasound elastography is not yet able to replace other standardized diagnostic tools but can add valuable diagnostic information.
authors.affiliation: 1 Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franckenberg
authors.affiliation: 2 Klinik für Gastoenterologie und Hepatologie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gubler
authors.affiliation: 1 Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frauenfelder
authors.affiliation: 1 Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: Marga
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rominger
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: Leberfibrose; Mamma; Prostata; Schilddrüsenknoten; Ultraschall-Elastografie; acoustic radiation force impulse; breast imaging reporting and data system; cirrhose hépatique; elastographie échographique; fibrose; liver fibrosis; lélastographie statique; nodules de la thyroïde; prostate; shear wave elastography; strain elastography; transient elastography; ultrasound elastography; élastographie par onde de cisaillement; élastographie transitoire