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Skeletal Radiology
Published in: Skeletal Radiology 4/2018

01-04-2018 | Review Article

Shear wave sonoelastography of skeletal muscle: basic principles, biomechanical concepts, clinical applications, and future perspectives

Authors: Maud Creze, Antoine Nordez, Marc Soubeyrand, Laurence Rocher, Xavier Maître, Marie-France Bellin

Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 4/2018

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Abstract

Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and therapeutic response evaluation of muscular diseases. However, one important limitation is its incapacity to assess the in vivo biomechanical properties of the muscles. The emerging shear wave sonoelastography technique offers a quantifiable spatial representation of the viscoelastic characteristics of skeletal muscle. Elastography is a non-invasive tool used to analyze the physiologic and biomechanical properties of muscles in healthy and pathologic conditions. However, radiologists need to familiarize themselves with the muscular biomechanical concepts and technical challenges of shear wave elastography. This review introduces the basic principles of muscle shear wave elastography, analyzes the factors that can influence measurements and provides an overview of its potential clinical applications in the field of muscular diseases.
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Metadata
Title
Shear wave sonoelastography of skeletal muscle: basic principles, biomechanical concepts, clinical applications, and future perspectives
Authors
Maud Creze
Antoine Nordez
Marc Soubeyrand
Laurence Rocher
Xavier Maître
Marie-France Bellin
Publication date
01-04-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Skeletal Radiology / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-017-2843-y

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