Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2017;33(10):1583-1586

doi:10.13929/j.1003-3289.201702048

Application progresses of real-time shear wave elastography in skeletal muscles

Wang NIU 1 ; Tiemei SHI ; Yuanxi ZHANG

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Keywords

Elasticity imaging techniques; Skeletal muscles; Musculoskeletal disease; Ultrasonography

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

The central nervous system disease and musculoskeletal diseases often involve skeletal muscles.Quantitative evaluation of strength and hardness of a single muscle accurately and rapidly are basis for causation analysis of movement dysfunction.Real-time shear wave elastography (SWE) is a new ultrasonic imaging technique developed in recent years,and still has a preliminary application in the skeletal muscle system.The application and research progresses of SWE in auxiliary diagnosis of disease in skeletal muscles were reviewed in this article.