Ultrasound Research: Development of a Vibro-ultrasound Method for Muscle Stiffness Measurement In Vivo

In his thesis at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Cong-zhi Wang wrote on the Development of a Vibro-ultrasound Method for Muscle Stiffness Measurement In Vivo.  A number of methods have been developed to quantitatively assess muscle stiffness, such as indentation assessment, sonoelastography, transient elastography, SSI, SDV and MRE.  All of them have unique features and limitations in vivo studies.  The paper shows that the newly developed vibro-ultrasound method can be a unique tool for muscle stiffness assessment in research and clinical practices.

The shear wave velocity measurement system Wang used was developed on the SonixRP ultrasound system with a 5-14 MHz linear array probe and its software developing kits programmed by visual C++.  Sonix Research systems are built on an open-architecture software platform, which allows users to customize their systems in order to better suite their needs.

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