01702nam 2200349 450 991068797440332120230625193338.0(CKB)5580000000514525(NjHacI)995580000000514525(EXLCZ)99558000000051452520230625d2022 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierElastography applications in clinical medicine /Dana Stoian, Alina Popescu, editorsLondon :IntechOpen,2022.1 online resource (290 pages)1-78985-603-5 Elastography is a recent application of conventional ultrasound evaluation with recognized benefits in the field of malignancy risk assessment and disease evolution prediction. This book examines the use of this technique in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcohol-induced liver disease, liver fibrosis, chronic hepatitis, portal hypertension, and hepatic tumors. It also discusses the use of elastography in the pediatric population for thyroid disease and hepatic, or musculoskeletal diseases. Nonabdominal elastography applications are also presented, such as in breast pathology, thyroid diffuse and nodular disease, renal chronic disease, parathyroid hyperplasia and chronic musculoskeletal impairment.Diagnostic ultrasonic imagingDiagnostic ultrasonic imaging.616.07543Popescu AlinaStoian DanaNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910687974403321Elastography3086752UNINA