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Publications 

Aigner F, Mitterberger M, Rehder P, et al. Status of transrectal ultrasound imaging of the 

prostate. J Endourol. 2010 May;24(5):685-91. 

Aigner F, Pallwein L, Junker D, et al. Value of real-time elastography targeted biopsy for 

prostate cancer detection in men with prostate specific antigen 1.25 ng/ml or greater 

and 4.00 ng/ml or less. J Urol. 2010 Sep;184(3):913-7 

Allgayer H, Ignee A, Dietrich CF. Endosonographic elastography of the anal sphincter in 

patients with fecal incontinence. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2010;45(1):30-8 

Ami O., Lamazou F., Mabille M., et al. Real-time transvaginal elastosonography of uterine 

fibroids. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2009; 34: 486–488 

Ariji Y., Katsumata A., Hiraiwa Y., et al. Use of sonographic elastography of the masseter 

muscles for optimizing massage pressure: a preliminary study. Journal of Oral 

Rehabilitation 2009 36; 627–635 

Asteria C., Giovanardi A., Pizzocaro A., et al. US-elastography in the differential diagnosis 

of benign and malignant thyroid nodules. Thyroid. 2008 May;18(5):523-31. 

Bojunga J., Herrmann E., Meyer G., et al. Real-time elastography for the differentiation of 

benign and malignant thyroid nodules: a meta-analysis. Thyroid. 2010 

Oct;20(10):1145-50. 

Botar-Jid C., Damian L., Dudea S.M., et al. The contribution of ultrasonography and 

sonoelastography in assessment of myositis. Medical Ultrasonography 2010, Vol. 12, 

no. 2, 120-126 

Brock M, von Bodman C, Sommerer F, et al. Comparison of real-time elastography with 

grey-scale ultrasonography for detection of organ-confined prostate cancer and extra 

capsular extension: a prospective analysis using whole mount sections after radical 

prostatectomy. BJU Int. 2011 Oct;108. Epub 2011 Aug 5 

Chang J. M., Moon W. K., Cho, N. et al. Breast mass evaluation: factors influencing the 

quality of us elastography. Radiology 2011, 259, 59-64 

Chang Y-C, Yang M-C, Huang C-S, et al. Automatic selection of representative slice from 

cine-loops of real-time sonoelastography for classifying solid breast masses. 

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Volume 37, Issue 5, Pages 709-718 (May 2011) 

Cho N., Moon W.K., Park J.S., et al. Nonpalpable breast masses: evaluation by US 

elastography. Korean J Radiol, March 1, 2008; 9(2): 111-8. 

Cho N., Moon W.K., Park J.S. Real-time US elastography in the differentiation of suspicious 

microcalcifications on mammography. Eur Radiol. 2009 Jul;19(7):1621-8. 

Cho N., Moon W.K., Kim H.Y., et al. Sonoelastographic strain index for differentiation of 

benign and malignant nonpalpable breast masses. . J Ultrasound Med 2010; 29:1–7 

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Cho N, Jang M, Lyou CY, et al. Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Masses at Breast US: 

Combined US Elastography and Color Doppler US—Influence on Radiologist 

Accuracy. Radiology 2012;262 80-90 

Choi J.J., Kang B.J., Kim S.H., MD et al. Role of sonographic elastography in the differential 

diagnosis of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer. J Ultrasound Med 2011; 30:429– 

436 

Choi JY, Hong SH, Yoo HJ, et al. Musculoskeletal application of ultrasound elastography: 

soft tissue lipoma. J Korean Soc Ultrasound Med. 2010 Dec;29(4):241-245 

Chung SY, Moon WK, Choi JW, et al. Differentiation of benign from malignant nonpalpable 

breast masses: a comparison of computer-assisted quantification and visual 

assessment of lesion stiffness with the use of sonographic elastography. Acta Radiol. 

2010 Feb;51(1):9-14. 

Ciurea A, Bolboaca S, Ciortea C et al. The influence of technical factors on 

sonoelastographic assessment of solid breast nodules. Ultraschall Med. 2010 Oct 11. 

[Epub ahead of print] 

Colombo S, Buonocore M, Del Poggio A, et al. Head-to-head comparison of transient 

elastography (TE), real-time tissue elastography (RTE), and acoustic radiation force 

impulse (ARFI) imaging in the diagnosis of liver fibrosis. J Gastroenterol. 2012 Jan 6. 

[Epub ahead of print 

De Zordo T, Fink C, Feuchtner GM, et al. Real-time sonoelastography findings in healthy 

achilles tendons. Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Aug;193(2):W134-8. 

De Zordo T, Lill SR, Fink C, Feuchtner GM, et al. Real-time sonoelastography of lateral 

epicondylitis: comparison of findings between patients and healthy volunteers. Am J 

Roentgenol. 2009 Jul;193(1):180-5 

De Zordo T, Chhem R, Smekal V, et al. Real-time sonoelastography: findings in patients 

with symptomatic achilles tendons and comparison to healthy volunteers. Ultraschall 

Med. 2010 Aug;31(4):394-400. 

Dietrich C.F., Hirche T. O., Ott M., et al. Real-time tissue elastography in the diagnosis of 

autoimmune pancreatitis. Endoscopy 2009; 41: 718–720 

Dighe M, Kim J, Luo S, et al. Utility of the ultrasound elastographic systolic thyroid stiffness 

index in reducing fine-needle aspirations. J Ultrasound Med. 2010 Apr;29(4):565-74. 

Drakonaki EE, Allen GM, Wilson DJ. Real-time ultrasound elastography of the normal 

Achilles tendon: reproducibility and pattern description. Clin Radiol. 2009 

Dec;64(12):1196-202. Epub 2009 Oct 8 

Drakonaki EE, Allen GM. Magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound and real-time ultrasound 

elastography of the thigh muscles in congenital muscle dystrophy. Skeletal Radiol. 

2010 Jan 9. [Epub ahead of print] 

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Dudea S. M., Giurgiu C. R., Dumitriu D., et al. Value of ultrasound elastography in the 

diagnosis and management of prostate carcinoma. Medical Ultrasonography, 2011, 

Vol. 13, no. 1, 45-53 

Farrokh A, Wojcinski S, Degenhardt F. Diagnostic value of strain ratio measurement in the 

differentiation of malignant and benign breast lesions. Ultraschall in Med 2011; 

32(4): 400-405 

Ferrari FS., Scorzelli A., Megliola A. et al. Real-time elastography in the diagnosis of 

prostate tumor. Journal of Ultrasound (2009) 12, 22-31 

Friedrich-Rust M., Ong M.F., Herrmann E., et al. Real-time elastography for noninvasive 

assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis. AJR 2007; 188:758–764 

Friedrich-Rust M., Schwarz A., Ong M.F., et al. Real-time tissue elastography versus 

Fibroscan for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease. 

Ultraschall in Med 2009; 30: 478 - 484 

Friedrich-Rust M, Sperber A, Holzer K, et al. Real-time elastography and contrastenhanced 

ultrasound for the assessment of thyroid nodules. Exp Clin Endocrinol 

Diabetes. 2009 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] 

Fujimoto K., Kato M., Tonomura A., et al. Non-invasive evaluation method of the liver 

fibrosis using real-time tissue elastograpy -usefulness of judgment liver fibrosis stage 

by liver fibrosis index (LF index). Kanzo 2010; 51: 539-541 

Gheonea DI, Săftoiu A, Ciurea T, et al. Real-time sono-elastography in the diagnosis of 

diffuse liver diseases. World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Apr 14;16(14):1720-6. 

Gheonea DI, Săftoiu A. Beyond conventional endoscopic ultrasound: elastography, contrast 

enhancement and hybrid techniques. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2011 Sep;27(5):423- 

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Gheorghe L., Iacob S., Gheorghe C. Real-time sonoelastography - a new application in the 

field of liver disease. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis, December 2008 Vol.17 No 4, 469- 

474 

Gietka-Czernel M., Kochman M., Bujalska K., et al. Real-time ultrasound elastography — a 

new tool for diagnosing thyroid nodules. Pol J Endocrinol 2010; 61 (6): 652–657 

Giovannini M., Hookey L.C ., Bories E., et al. Endoscopic ultrasound elastography: the first 

step towards virtual biopsy? Preliminary results in 49 patients. Endoscopy 2006; 

38:1-5 

Giovannini M., Botelberge T., Bories E., et al. Endoscopic ultrasound elastography for 

evaluation of lymph nodes and pancreatic masses: a multicenter study. World J 

Gastroenterol 2009 April 7; 15(13): 1587-1593 

Goddi A, Sacchi A, Magistretti G, et al. Real-time tissue elastography for testicular lesion 

assessment. Eur Radiol. 2012 Apr;22(4):721-30. Epub 2011 Oct 26 

Hatzung G, Grunwald S, Zygmunt M, et al. Sonoelastography in the diagnosis of malignant 

and benign breast lesions: initial clinical experiences. Ultraschall Med. 2010 

Dec;31(6):596-603. 

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Havre R.F., Elde E., Gilja O.H., et al. Freehand real-time elastography: impact of scanning 

parameters on image quality and in vitro intra- and interobserver validations. 

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2008 Oct;34(10):1638-50. 

Havre RF, Waage JR, Gilja OH, et al. Real-Time Elastography: Strain Ratio Measurements 

Are Influenced by the Position of the Reference Area. Ultraschall Med. 2011 Jun 10. 

[Epub ahead of print] 

Hirche T.O., Ignee A., Barreiros A. P., et al. Indications and limitations of endoscopic 

ultrasound elastography for evaluation of focal pancreatic lesions. Endoscopy 2008; 

40: 910-917 

Hirooka M, Koizumi Y, Hiasa Y, et al. Hepatic elasticity in patients with ascites: evaluation 

with real-time tissue elastography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jun;196(6):W766-71. 

Hirooka M, Ochi H, Koizumi Y, et al. Splenic Elasticity Measured with Real-time Tissue 

Elastography Is a Marker of Portal Hypertension. Radiology 2011;261 960-968 

Hong Y., Liu X., Li Z., et al. Real-time ultrasound elastography in the differential diagnosis of 

benign and malignant thyroid nodules. J Ultrasound Med 2009; 28:861–867 

Iagnocco A., Kaloudi O., Perella C., et al. Ultrasound elastography assessment of skin 

involvement in systemic sclerosis: lights and shadows. J Rheumatol August 2010 

37(8):1688-1691 

Iglesias-Garcia J, Larino-Noia J, Abdulkader I, et al. Quantitative endoscopic ultrasound 

elastography: an accurate method for the differentiation of solid pancreatic masses. 

Gastroenterology. 2010 Oct;139(4):1172-80 

Ishibashi N, Yamagata K, Sasaki H, et al. Real-time tissue elastography for the diagnosis of 

lymph node metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2012 

Mar;38(3):389-95. Epub 2012 Jan 21. 

Ishikawa D., Ando T., Watanabe O., et al. Images of colonic real-time tissue 

sonoelastography correlate with those of colonoscopy and may predict response to 

therapy in patients with ulcerative colitis. BMC Gastroenterology 2011, 11:29 

Itoh A., Ueno E., Tohno E., et al. Breast disease: clinical application of US elastography for 

diagnosis. Radiology 2006;239:341-350 

Itokawa F, Itoi T, Sofuni A, et al. EUS elastography combined with the strain ratio of tissue 

elasticity for diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses. J Gastroenterol. 2011 

Jun;46(6):843-53 

Jacobson B. Pressed for an answer: has elastography finally come to EUS? Gastrointest 

Endosc 2007;66(2):301-2 

Janssen J., Schlörer E., Greiner L. EUS elastography of the pancreas: feasibility and 

pattern description of the normal pancreas, chronic pancreatitis, and focal pancreatic 

lesions. Gastrointest Endosc 2007;65:971-8. 

Janssen J., Dietrich C. F., Will U., et al. Endosonographic elastography in the diagnosis of 

mediastinal lymph nodes. Endoscopy 2007; 39: 952-957 

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Janssen J. Us elastography: current status and perspectives. [Article in German] 

Gastroenterol. 2008 Jun;46(6):572-9 

Kato K., Sugimoto H., Kanazumi N., et al. Intra-operative application of real-time tissue 

elastography for the diagnosis of liver tumours. Liver International. 2008;28(9):1264- 

1271 

Kamoi K., Okihara K., Ochiai A., et al. The utility of transrectal real-time elastography in the 

diagnosis of prostate cancer. Ultrasound in Med. and Biol. 2008; 34(7):1025-1032 

Klauser AS, Faschingbauer R, Jaschke WR. Is sonoelastography of value in assessing 

tendons? Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2010 Sep;14(3):323-33. Epub 2010 Jun 10. 

Koizumi Y., Hirooka M., Kisaka Y., et al. Liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: 

noninvasive diagnosis by means of real-time tissue elastography—establishment of 

the method for measurement. Radiology 2011: Volume 258: Number 2, 610 - 617— 

February 2011 

Li YY, Wang XM, Zhang YX, Ou GC. Ultrasonic elastography in clinical quantitative 

assessment of fatty liver. World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Oct 7;16(37):4733-7 

Luo S, Kim Y. Objective ultrasound elastography scoring of thyroid nodules using 

spatiotemporal strain information. Med. Phys. 39, 1182 (2012); 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3679857 

Mezzi G., Arcidiacono P. G., Carrara S., et al. Elastosonography in malignant rectal disease: 

preliminary data. Endoscopy 2007; 39: 375 

Miyanaga N., Akaza H., Yamakawa M., et al. Tissue elasticity imaging for diagnosis of 

prostate cancer: a preliminary report. Int J Urol. 2006 Dec;13(12):1514-8. 

Miyagawa T., Tsutsumi M., Matsumura T., et al. Real-time elastography for the diagnosis of 

prostate cancer: evaluation of elastographic moving images. Japanese Journal of 

Clinical Oncology Advance Access published April 9, 2009 

Moon W.K., Huang C-S., Shen W-C., et al. Analysis of elastographic and B-mode features 

at sonoelastography for breast tumor classification. Ultrasound Med Biol, 2009 

Nov;35(11):1794-802 

Moon W.K., Choi, J.W., Cho N. et al. Computer-aided analysis of ultrasound elasticity 

images for classification of benign and malignant breast masses. AJR 2010; 

95:1460-1465 

Morishita S, Hirooka Y, Sato K et al. [Real-time tissue elastography in chronic liver disease] 

[Article in Japanese]. Rinsho Byori. 2010 Apr;58(4):319-24. 

Niitsu M., A. Michizaki A., Endo A., et al. Muscle hardness measurement by using 

ultrasound elastography: a feasibility study. Acta Radiologica 2011; 52: 99–105. 

Pallwein L., Mitterberger M., Pinggera G., et al. Sonoelastography of the prostate: 

comparison with systematic biopsy findings in 492 patients. Eur J Radiol. 2008 

Feb;65(2):304-10 

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Pallwein L., Mitterberger M., Struve P., et al. Comparison of sonoelastography guided 

biopsy with systematic biopsy: impact on prostate cancer detection. Eur Radiol. 2007 

Sep;17(9):2278-85 

Pallwein L., Mitterberger M., Gradl J., et al. Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound and 

elastography in imaging of prostate cancer. Curr Opin Urol. 2007 Jan;17(1):39-47. 

Pallwein L., Mitterberger M., Struve P., et al. Real-time elastography for detecting prostate 

cancer: preliminary experience. BJU Int. 2007 Jul;100(1):42-6 

Pallwein L., Mitterberger M., Pelzer A., et al. Ultrasound of prostate cancer: recent 

advances. Eur Radiology 2008 Apr;18(4):707-15 

Pallwein L., Aigner F., Faschingbauer R., et al. Prostate cancer diagnosis: value of real-time 

elastography. Abdom Imaging. 2008 Nov-Dec;33(6):729-35. Review 

Paterson S, Duthie F, Stanley AJ. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided elastography in the nodal 

staging of oesophageal cancer. World J Gastroenterol. 2012 Mar 7;18(9):889-95. 

Rago T., Santini F., Scutari M., et al. Elastography: new developments in ultrasound for 

predicting malignancy in thyroid nodules. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 

Aug;92(8):2917-22 

Raza S., Odulate A., Ong E., et al. Using real-time tissue elastography for breast lesion 

evaluation. Our initial experience. J Ultrasound Med 2010; 29:551–563 

Rubaltelli L., Corradin S., Dorigo A., et al. Differential diagnosis of benign and malignant 

thyroid nodules at Elastosonography. Ultraschall Med. 2009 Apr;30(2):175-9. 

Rustemovic N., Cukovic-Cavka S., Brinar M., et al. A pilot study of transrectal endoscopic 

ultrasound elastography in inflammatory bowel disease. BMC Gastroenterology 

2011, 11:113 

Săftoiu A., Vilman P. Endoscopic ultrasound elastography - a new imaging technique for the 

visualization of tissue elasticity distribution. J Gastrointestinal Liver Disease, June 

2006;15 (2):161-165 

Săftoiu A., Vilman P., Hassan F., et al. Analysis of endoscopic ultrasound elastography 

used for characterisation and differentiation of benign and malignant lymph nodes. 

Ultraschall in Med 2006;27:535 – 542 

Săftoiu A., Vilman P., Ciurea T., et al. Dynamic analysis of EUS used for the differentiation 

of benign and malignant lymph nodes. Gastrointest Endosc 2007; 66 (2): 291 – 300 

Săftoiu A., Vilmann P., Gorunescu F., et al. Neural network analysis of dynamic sequences 

of EUS elastography used for the differential diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis and 

pancreatic cancer. Gastrointest Endosc 2008;68:1086-94 

Săftoiu A., Iordache S., Gheonea D., et al. Combined contrast-enhanced power doppler and 

real-time sonoelastography performed during EUS, used in the differential diagnosis 

of focal pancreatic masses. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2010; 72: 739-747 

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Săftoiu A, Vilmann P, Gorunescu F et al. Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound elastography 

used for differential diagnosis of focal pancreatic masses: a multicenter study. 

Endoscopy. 2011 Mar 24; [Epub ahead of print] 

Săftoiu A, Vilmann P, Gorunescu F et al. Efficacy of an artificial neural network-based 

approach to endoscopic ultrasound elastography in diagnosis of focal pancreatic 

masses. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Jan;10(1):84-90.e1. Epub 2011 Oct 1. 

Salomon G., Köllerman J., Thederan I., et al. Evaluation of prostate cancer detection with 

ultrasound real-time elastography: a comparison with step section pathological 

analysis after radical prostatectomy. Eur Urol. 2008 Dec;54(6):1354-62 

Satake H, Nishio A, Ikeda M, et al. Predictive value for malignancy of suspicious breast 

masses of BI-RADS categories 4 and 5 using ultrasound elastography and MR 

diffusion-weighted imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jan;196(1):202-9. 

Scaperrotta G., Ferranti C., Costa C., et al. Role of sonoelastography in non-palpable 

breast lesions. Eur Radiol. 2008:18 (11); 2381 - 9 

Sconfienza LM, Silvestri E, Cimmino MA. Sonoelastography in the evaluation of painful 

Achilles tendon in amateur athletes. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2010 May-Jun;28(3):373-8. 

Epub 2010 Jun 23. 

Sumura M., Shigeno K., Hyuga T., et al. Initial evaluation of prostate cancer with real-time 

elastography based on step-section pathologic analysis after radical prostatectomy: a 

preliminary study. Int J Urol. 2007 Sep;14(9):811-6. 

Swiatkowska-Freund M., Preis K.. Elastography of the uterine cervix – implications for 

delivery elastography of cervix. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Apr 12. [Epub 

ahead of print] 

Tan S.M., Teh H.S., Kent Mancer J.F., et al. Improving B mode ultrasound evaluation of 

breast lesions with real-time ultrasound elastography- a clinical approach.The Breast; 

17 (2008):252 – 257 

Tatsumi C, Kudo M, Ueshima K, et al. Non-invasive evaluation of hepatic fibrosis for 

type C chronic hepatitis. Intervirology. 2010;53(1):76-81. Epub 2010 Jan 5. 

Tessarolo M, Bonino L, Camanni M, et al. Elastosonography: a possible new tool for 

diagnosis of adenomyosis? Eur Radiol. 2011 Jul;21(7):1546-52. Epub 2011 Jan 26. 

Thomas A., Fischer T., Frey H., et al. Real-time elastography - an advanced method of 

ultrasound: first results in 108 patients with breast lesions. Ultrasound Obstet 

Gynecol 2006, Sep;28 (3): 335-340 

Thomas A. Picture of the month: Imaging of the cervix using sonoelastography. Ultrasound 

Obstet Gynecol 2006, Sep;28 (3): 356-357 

Thomas A., Kümmel S., Fritzsche F., et al. Real-time sonoelastography performed in 

addition to B-mode ultrasound and mammography: improved differentiation of breast 

lesions? Acad Radiol. 2006 Dec;13(12):1496-504 

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Thomas A., Kümmel S., Gemeinhardt O., et al. Real-time sonoelastography of the cervix: 

tissue elasticity of the normal and abnormal cervix. Acad Radiol 2007; 14:193–200 

Thomas A, Degenhardt F, Farrokh A, et al. Significant differentiation of focal breast lesions: 

calculation of strain ratio in breast sonoelastography. Acad Radiol. 2010 

May;17(5):558-63. Epub 2010 Feb 20. 

Tranquart F., Bleuzen A., Pierre-Renoult P., et al. Elastosonography of thyroid lesions 

[Article in French]. J Radiol. 2008 Jan;89(1 Pt 1):35-9. 

Tsutsumi M., Miyagawa T., Matsumura T., et al. The impact of real-time tissue elasticity 

imaging (elastography) on the detection of prostate cancer: clinicopathological 

analysis. Int J Clin Oncol. 2007 Aug; 12(4):250-5. Epub 2007 Aug 20. 

Tsutsumi M., Miyagawa T., Matsumura T., et al. Real-time balloon inflation elastography for 

prostate cancer detection and initial evaluation of clinicopathologic analysis. Am J 

Roentgenol. 2010 Jun;194(6):W471-6. 

Uchida H., Hirooka Y., Itoh A., et al. Feasibility of Tissue Elastography Using 

Transcutaneous Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Diseases. 

Pancreas 2009;38(1):17-22 

Unlütürk U, Erdoğan MF, Demir O et al. The role of ultrasound elastography in preoperative 

localization of parathyroid lesions: a new assisting method to preoperative 

parathyroid ultrasonography. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2012 Apr;76(4):492-8. doi: 

10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04241.x. 

Vorländer C., Wolff J., Saalabian S., et al. Real-time ultrasound elastography—a 

noninvasive diagnostic procedure for evaluating dominant thyroid nodules. 

Langenbecks Arch Surg (2010) 395:865–871 

Waage JE, Havre RF, Odegaard S, et al. Endorectal elastography in the evaluation of rectal 

tumours. Colorectal Dis.2011;13;10:1130-1137 

Walz J., Marcy M., Thomassin Pianna J., et al. Identification of the prostate cancer index 

lesion by real-time elastography: considerations for focal therapy of prostate cancer. 

World J Urol. 2011 May 26. [Epub ahead of print] 

Wang Y., Dan H-J., Dan H-Y., et al. Differential diagnosis of small single solid thyroid 

nodules using real-time ultrasound elastography. The Journal of International Medical 

Research 2010; 38: 466 – 472 

Wojcinski S, Farrokh A, Weber S, et al. Multicenter study of ultrasound real-time tissue 

elastography in 779 cases for the assessment of breast lesions: improved diagnostic 

performance by combining the BI-RADS®-US classification system with 

sonoelastography. Ultraschall Med. 2010 Apr 20. [Epub ahead of print] 

Xie, P., Xiao, Y. and Liu, F. Real-time ultrasound elastography in the diagnosis and 

differential diagnosis of subacute thyroiditis. J Clin Ultrasound. 2011 Jun 14. doi: 

10.1002/jcu.20850. [Epub ahead of print] 

Yamaguchi S., Kamei Y., Kozuma S., et al. Tissue elastography imaging of the uterine 

cervix during pregnancy. JMed Ultrasonics (2007) 34:209–210 Ultrasound image of 

the month 

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Yi A, Cho N, Chang JM, et al. Sonoelastography for 1786 non-palpable breast masses: 

diagnostic value in the decision to biopsy. Eur Radiol. 2011 Nov 25. [Epub ahead of 

print] 

Zhi H., Ou B., Luo B., et al. Comparison of ultrasound elastography, mammography, and 

sonography in the diagnosis of solid breast lesions. J Ultrasound Med 2007; 26: 807– 

815 

Zhi H., Xiaa XY., Yang H-Y., et al. Semi-quantitating stiffness of breast solid lesions in 

ultrasonic elastography. Acad Radlol 2008; 15:1347-1353 

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International Communications 

Abdel Razek N.M., Ezzat L., Shaalan M., et al. Is sonoelastography helpful in Bi-Rads III-IV 

(probably benign-probably malignant) lesions? European Congress of Radiology, 

March 7 th – 10 th 2008, Vienna, Austria 

Abdel Razek N.M., Ezzat L. Real-time sono-elastography in assessment of rotator cuff 

tendon tears: comparison of findings between elastography and mri in healthy 

volunteers and patients with shoulder pain. Radiological Society of North America 

94 th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 30 th – December 5 th , 2008, 

Chicago, USA 

Abitabile P., Maurer C.A. Intraoperative real-time elastography of the pancreas: first 

experience. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Volume 37, Issue 8, Supplement , 

Page S70, August 2011 

Abitabile P. Intraoperative elastography of the pancreas: first experience. EuroEUS 2011, 

Marseille, France, May 26-27 

Aigner F., Pallwein L., Pallwein E., et al. Prostate cancer and extracapsular extension 

(ECE): assessment by sonoelastography in comparison with MRI - a preliminary 

study. European Congress of Radiology, March 9 th – 12 th 2007, Vienna, Austria 

Aigner F., De Zordo T., Junker D., et al. Realtime-sonoelastography for evaluation of 

testicular masses: a retrospective analysis. European Congress of Radiology 2011, 

March 4 th – 8 th , Vienna 

Alam F., Naito K., Tachikake T., et al. Efficiency of ultrasonic elastography in the differential 

diagnosis (metastatic or reactive) of the enlarged cervical lymph node. European 

Congress of Radiology, March 9 th – 12 th 2007, Vienna, Austria 

Allgayer H., Dietrich C.F. T. Endosonographic elastography of the anal sphincter – a 

prospective study (in German). XIXth Congress of European Federation of Societies 

for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology & Dreiländertreffen, 24 th – 27 th October 2007, 

Leipzig, Germany 

Allgayer H., Dietrich CF. Endosonographic elastography (E-SELA) of the anal sphincter in 

patients with fecal incontinence. Digestive Disease Week, May 30 th – June 4 th , 2009, 

Chicago, USA, T1190 

Athanasiou A., Tardivon A., Barreau B., et al. Ultrasound elastography: results of a 

prospective multicentre study of 408 breast nodules. (in French) Journées 

Francaises de Radiologie, October 21 st – 25 th , 2006, Paris, France 

Belozerova I., Smirnova T., Gazhonova V. et al. Sonoelastography in patients with 

endometrical carcinoma: work in progress Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 

Volume 37, Issue 8, Supplement , Page S40, August 2011 

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Burdelova N.N., Zubarev A., Kartavykh A.A. Sonoelastography in thyroid as a new method 

to differentiate benign and malignant nodules Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 


Borgulya M., Gunter E., Ell C., et al. Can EUS elastography improve lymph node staging in 

esophageal cancer? Results of a prospective study from a tertiary referral center. 

Endoscopy 2010; 42 (Suppl I) A159 

Botar-Jid C., Fodor D., Dudea S.M., et al. Sonoelastography of superficial lymph node 

enlargement: benign vs. malignant. XXth Congress of European Federation of 

Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology/XIth Romanian Conference of 

Ultrasound in medicine and Biology, May 31 – June 3 2008, Timisoara, Romania. 

Botar-Jid C., Vasilescu D., Dudea S.M., et al. Ultrasound elastography in musculoskeletal 

disorders. XXth Congress of European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in 

Medicine and Biology/XIth Romanian Conference of Ultrasound in medicine and 

Biology, May 31 st – June 3 rd 2008, Timisoara, Romania. 

Brock M., Noldus J., Eggert T., et al. Comparison of real-time elastography to conventional 

grayscale ultrasound: what technique should be used to guide the systematic 

prostate biopsy? AUA 2011, 14 – 19 May, Washington DC, USA; EAU Vienna 2011, 

March 18 – 22 

Budau, M., Jinga, V., Braticevici, B., et al. Prostate cancer detection using power doppler 

contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and elastography for targeted biopsies. EAU 

Vienna 2011, March 18 - 22 

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Chang J.M., Moon J.M., Cho N., et al. Factors influencing the quality of sonoelastography 

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95 th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 29 th – December 4 th , 2009, 

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Chang J.M., Moon J.M., Cho N., et al. Comparison of commercially available shear wave 

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Chiorean A., Duma M., Dudea S., et al. Short analysis on elastographic images of benign 

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European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology/XIth 

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Chiorean A., Duma M., Dudea S., et al. Sonoelastographically guided preoperative 

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Cho N. Ultrasound (US) elastography of breast lesions associated with suspicious 

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93 rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 25 th – 30 th , 2007, Chicago, 

USA 

Cho N., Moon W. et al. Comparison of two commercially available sonoelastography 

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of North America 95 th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 29 th – 

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Cho N., Moon W., Chang JM, et al. Sonoelastographic lesion stiffness: preoperative 

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Choi J.W. Ultrasound (US) elasticity images and computer-aided analysis for classification 

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America 93 rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 25 th – 30 th , 2007, 

Chicago, USA 

Choi J., Cho N., Moon W.K. Ultrasound (US) elastography of breast lesions associated with 

mammographically detected suspicious microcalcifications. European Congress of 

Radiology, March 7 th – 10 th 2008, Vienna, Austria 

Choi J., Kang B., Kim S., et al. Role of sonographic elastography in the differential diagnosis 

of axillary lymph nodes. European Congress of Radiology, 2010, March 5 th – 9 th , 

Vienna, Austria 

Choi J., Kang B., Kim S., et al. Sonographic elastography in papillary lesions of the breast 

Euroson 2010, August 22 nd – 25 th , Copenhagen 

Churkina S., Gazhonova V., Savinova H., et al. Real-time sonoelastography in local staging 

of endometrial carcinoma with pathomorphological correlations: work in progress. 

12 th World Congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 

30 th August – 3 rd September 2009, Sydney, Australia 

Churkina S., Gazhonova V., Khokhlova H., et al. Diagnostic possibilities of real-time 

sonoelastography in differentiation of small benign and malignant ovarian tumors. 

European Congress of Radiology, 2010, March 5 th – 9 th , Vienna, Austria 

Churkina S., Fedorova A., Gazhonova V. To evaluate the usefulness of EVSE in the 

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Ciurea A., Dumitriu D., Chiorean A., et al. Avoiding potential sources of error in breast 

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Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology & Dreiländertreffen, 24 th – 27 th October 2007, 

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Ciurea A., Dumitriu D., Ciortea C., et al. Benign versus malignant nodular breast lesion by 

using elastosonography: preliminary report. XXth Congress of European Federation 

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of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology/XIth Romanian Conference of 

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, May 31 – June 3 2008, Timisoara, Romania. 

Ciurea A., Dumitriu D., Ciortea C., et al. Sources of error in breast US elastography. XXth 

Congress of European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and 

Biology/XIth Romanian Conference of Ultrasound in medicine and Biology, May 31 – 

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Dasgeb B. Elastographic ultrasound quantitative analysis combined with high frequency 

imaging for characterization of benign and malignant skin lesions Radiological 

Society of North America 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 

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Dawwas M F, Taha H, Leeds J, et al. The utility of quantitative endoscopic ultrasound 

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De Zordo T., Gradl J., Feuchtner G., et al. Value of real-time sonoelastography in lateral 

epicondylitis: comparison of findings between patients and healthy volunteers. 

Radiological Society of North America 93 rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting 

November 25 th – 30 th , 2007, Chicago, USA 

De Zordo T., Gradl H., Feuchtner G., et al. Real-time sonoelastography in achilles tendon of 

healthy volunteers and patients with symptomatic achilles tendons: comparison to US 

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De Zordo T., Chhem R., Feuchtner G., et al. Real-time sonoelastography of achilles 

tendons: comparison to clinical findings and ultrasound findings. Radiological Society 

of North America 94 th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 30 th – 

December 5 th , 2008, Chicago, USA 

De Zordo T., Lill S., Feuchtner G., et al. Value of real-time sonoelastography in lateral 

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Dharmadhikari R., Richardson D., Johnson S. Ultrasound elastography in thyroid 

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Dietrich C. Elastography in endoscopic ultrasound. 12 th World Congress of the World 

Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 30 th August – 3 rd September 

2009, Sydney, Australia 

Dighe M., Bae U., Dubinsky T., et al. Thyroid elastography using carotid artery pulsation for 

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North America 92 nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 26 th – 

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Dighe M., Kim J., Jordan C., et al. Thyroid us and elastography using carotid artery 

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Society of North America 94 th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 

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Dighe M. Efficacy of thyroid elastography in differential diagnosis of small

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Issue 8, Supplement , Page S40, August 2011 

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color Doppler, and elastography: an international multicenter trial. Radiological 



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Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 27th – December 2nd, 2011, 

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Figueiredo FA., Giovannini M., Bories E., et al. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) strain 

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pancreatic solid lesions. Digestive Disease Week, May 30 th – June 4 th , 2009, 

Chicago, USA, 922 

Fischer T. New ultrasound techniques for the detection and characterization of focal breast 

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Use of strain ratio in breast ultrasound European Congress of Radiology, 2010, 

March 5 th – 9 th , Vienna, Austria 

Frauscher F., et al. Comparison of real-time sonoelastography targeted biopsy with 

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American Urological Association Annual Meeting, May 20 - 25, 2006, Atlanta, USA 

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Austria 

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of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 25 th – 27 th September, 2005, 

Geneva, Switzerland 

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Fritsche, H.M., Brandtner, A., Wieland, W.F., et al. Prospective study comparing detection 

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EAU Vienna 2011, March 18 – 22 

Fujimoto K., Tatsumi C., Ueshima K., et al. Evaluation of liver fibrosis in diffuse liver 

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June 4 th , 2009, Chicago, USA, M1774 

Fukuda K., Mori M., Koma M. Analysis of strain patterns of common liver tumors using realtime 

tissue elastography. 12 th World Congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound 

in Medicine and Biology, 30 th August – 3 rd September 2009, Sydney, Australia 

Fukunari N., Tanaka K., Sugino K., et al. Clinical evaluation of real-time tissue elastography 

(RTE) for the differential diagnosis of thyroid follicular lesions. XVIII th Congress of 

European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 25 th – 27 th 

September, 2005, Geneva, Switzerland 

Fukunari N. Clinical evaluation of real-time tissue elastography (RTE) for the differential 

diagnosis of thyroid follicular lesions. Radiological Society of North America 91 st 

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Fukunari N., Tanaka K., Arai K., et al. Clinical evaluation of real-time tissue elastography 

(RTE) for the differential diagnosis of thyroid follicular lesions. European Congress of 

Radiology, March 3 rd – 7 th 2006, Vienna, Austria 

Fukunari N., Arai K., Nakamura A., et al. Clinical evaluation of elastography for the 

differential diagnosis of thyroid follicular tumors. Radiological Society of North 

America 93 rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 25 th – 30 th , 2007, 

Chicago, USA 

Fukunari N., Arai K., Naakamura A., et al. Clinical evaluation of elastography for the 

differential diagnosis of thyroid follicular tumors. 12 th World Congress of the World 



Fumihide I., Itoi T., Moriyasu F., et al. Usefulness of the characterization of tissue hardness 

of pancreatic mass using elastography endoscopic ultrasound.- first trial of the 

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Gazhonova V., Ivanchenko L., Zubarev A. Real-time sonoelastography in Peyronie`s 

disease: preliminary results in diagnosis and staging. European Congress of 

Radiology, March 6 – 9 th , 2009, Vienna, Austria 

Gazhonova V., Churkina S., Zubarev A. Real-time sonoelastography of benign and 

malignant ovarian tumors. 12 th World Congress of the World Federation for 

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 30 th August – 3 rd September 2009, Sydney, 

Australia 

Gazhonova V., Churkina S., Zubarev A. Real-time sonoelastography improved early 

detection of ectopic pregnancy. European Congress of Radiology, 2010, March 5 th – 

9 th , Vienna, Austria 

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Gazhonova V., Churkina S., Zubarev A. Real-time sonoelastography performed in addition 

to conventional Ultrasound: improved early detection of ectopic pregnancy. European 

Congress of Radiology 2011, March 4 th – 8 th , Vienna 

Geaid A.A., Grunwald S., Zygmunt M., et al. The value of the sonoelastography in breast 

diagnosis: a prospective comparison between fat/lesion ratio and elastography 

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Medicine and Biology & Dreiländertreffen, 24 th – 27 th October 2007, Leipzig, 

Germany (in German) 

Geaid A.A., Grunwald S., Hatzung G., et al. Fat-lesion-ratio vs. elastography score: a new 

method for sonoelastograpny in the diagnostics of breast lesions. XXth Congress of 




Gheonea D., Saftoiu A., Ciurea T., et al. Dynamic hue histogram analysis of real-time 

elastography for non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis. 15th United European 

Gastroenterology Week, October 29 th – 31 st , 2007, Paris, France 

Gheonea D., Saftoiu A., Ciurea T., et al. The role of real-time elastography in the noninvasive 

assessment of fibrosis in diffuse hepatopathies. XXth Congress of 




Gheonea D., Saftoiu A., Gorunescu F., et al. The role of real–time elastography in the non– 

invasive assessment of fibrosis in diffuse hepatopathies. Eighth International 

Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, 

September 14 – 17, 2009, Vlissingen,The Netherlands 

Gheonea A., Stoica Z., Bondari A. The role of sonoelastography in the differential diagnosis 

of breast lesions. European Congress of Radiology 2011, March 4 th – 8 th , Vienna 

Gheorghe L., Iacob S., Iacob R., et al. Real-time elastography - a pilot study for noninvasive 

detection of small hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients. Digestive 

Disease Week, May 17 th – 22 nd , 2008, San Diego, USA 

Gheorghe L., lacob S., Lupescu I., et al. Early and non-invasive diagnosis of small 

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Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology/XIth Romanian 

Conference of Ultrasound in medicine and Biology, May 31 – June 3 2008, 

Timisoara, Romania. 

Ghervan C., Dumitriu D., Botar-Jid C., et al. Usefulness of ultrasound elastography in 

identifying thyroid malignancy. 12 th World Congress of the World Federation for 


Australia 

Giovannini M., Bories E., Pesenti C., et al. Elastography and contrast-enhaced (Sonovue) 

color Doppler pancreatic endoscopic ultrasound to characterize pancreatic mass. 

Results in 25 patients. 13th United European Gastroenterology Week, October 15 

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19 th , 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark

Giovannini M., Hookey L., Bories E., et al. Is elastography guided by endoscopic ultrasound 

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Gastroenterology Week, October 15 th – 19 th , 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark 

Giovannini M., Bories E., Arcidiacono P., et al. EUS sono-elastography for evaluation of 

pancreatic masses. Results of a prospective multicentric study. EuroEUS, 28 th – 29 th 

April, 2006, Hamburg, Germany 

Giovannini M., Bories E., Vilmann P., et al. EUS sono-elastography for lymph nodes 

staging. Results of a prospective multicentric study. EuroEUS, 28 th – 29 th April, 2006, 

Hamburg, Germany 

Giovannini M., Bories E., Arcidiacono P., et al. EUS sono-elastography for lymph nodes 

and pancreatic masses staging - results of a prospective multicentric study on 222 

patients. 14th United European Gastroenterology Week, October 21st – 25 th , 2006, 

Berlin, Germany 

Giovannini M., Figuereida, G. Monges, et al. Endoscopic ultrasonography (eus) strain ratio 

(sr-eus) vs. Contrast-enhanced eus (ce-eus) for the diagnosis of focal pancreatic 

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Giovannini M. Endoscopic ultrasound elastography. Pancreatology 2011;11 (Suppl. 2):34- 

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Halpern E., et al. Targeted biopsy of the prostate: utility of gray scale, color doppler, and 

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America 91 st Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 27 th – 30 th 2005, 

Chicago, USA 

Hatzung G., Grunwald S., Geaid A.A., et al. Elastography: better results in the diagnosis of 

breast lesions compared to ultrasound and mammography? XXth Congress of 




Havre R.F., Elde E., Gilja O.H., et al. Quality assessment of free-hand sonoelastography in 

vitro. EuroEUS, 4 th - 5 th May, 2007, Seville, Spain 

Havre R.F., Ødegaard S., Gilja O.H., et al. Endoscopic sonoelastography – initial 

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Havre R.F., Ødegaard S., Gilja O.H., et al. Endoscopic elastography of pancreatic disease. 



Havre R.F., Waage JER, Gilja OH, et al. Semi-quantification of elastic contrasts by strain 

ratio in elastography - possibilities and pitfalls. Euroson 2010, Copenhagen August 

22 – 25 th 

Havre R.F., Leh S., Gilja O.H., et al. Semi-quantification of sonoelastography in crohn 

stenoses and colorectal tumours ex vivo. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 


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Hedayati V, Vouros M, Wilkins C.J, et al. The clinical value of real-time elastography with 

transrectal ultrasound in management of prostatic cancer: a practical approach. 

Radiological Society of North America 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting 

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Heinzelbecker, J., Von Weyhern, C.H., Michel, M.S., et al. How to practice real-time 

elastography of the prostate: two different learning models. EAU Vienna 2011, March 

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Hirooka Y., Itoh A., Kawashima H., et al. Diagnosis of involvement of hepatoduodenal 

ligament and lymphnodes using eus-elastography in the cases of biliary 

malignancies. Digestive Disease Week, May 30 th – June 4 th , 2009, Chicago, USA, 

M1432 

Hirooka Y., Itoh A., Kawashima H., et al. Diagnosis of pancreatic disorders using contrastenhanced 

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Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Nov;7(11 Suppl):S63-7. 

Iglesias-Garcia J., Castiñeira-Alvariño M., Larino-Noia J., et al. Usefulness of quantitative 

endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) elastography for diagnosing chronic pancreatitis (CP). 

EuroEUS 2011, Marseille, France, May 26-27 

Ignee A., Hirche TO., Barreiros AP., et al. Indications and limitations of tissue real-time 

elastography using endoscopic ultrasound in pancreatic disease. XXth Congress of 




Ignee A., Hirche TO., Barreiros AP., et al. Indikationen und limitationen der endosonografie 

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Ignee A., Michaela 0., Dietrich C.F. Tissue real-time elastography in autoimmune 

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Iglesias-Garcia J., Larino-Noia J., Dominguez-Munoz E., et al. Endoscopic ultrasound 

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Iglesias-Garcia J., Larino J., Dominguez-Munoz E. Accuracy of second-generation 

endoscopic ultrasound (eus) elastography for the differential diagnosis of solid 

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Week, May 30 th – June 4 th , 2009, Chicago, USA, 853 

Inoue Y., Arita J., Kaneko J., et al. Intraoperative applications of freehand real-time 

elastography for small focal liver lesions: an initial report of mini-linear probe for 

intraoperative use. European Congress of Radiology 2011, March 4 th – 8 th , Vienna 

Itokawa F., Itoi T., Moriyasu F., et al. Usefulness of the characterization of tissue hardness 

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Gastroenterology Week, October 29 th – 31 st , 2007, Paris, France 

Itokawa F., Itoi T., Sofuni A., et al. Analysis of EUS elastography to differentiate mass 

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Week, May 30 th – June 4 th , 2009, Chicago, USA, W1439 

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Jung M.H, Lee J.H., Kyung S.J., et al. Is it possible to differentiate between phyllodes tumor 

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World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 30 th August – 3 rd 

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Kanamoto M., Shimada M., Ikegami T., et al. Real-time elastography for noninvasive 

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Kato H, Nishino M, Hara M, et al. Ultrasound elasticity imaging can detect high risk patients 

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Vol 73, Suppl 1, 2009 

Khokhlova E., Lukyanova E., Rozhkova N., et al. Real-time sonoelastography in 

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Khokhlova E., Sherstneva T., ozhkova N., et al. Evaluating of the breast tumor expansion 

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Kim E.T., Park JS, Kim KG, et al. Computer-aided diagnosis of ultrasound elastography for 

classification of benign and malignant thyroid nodules. Radiological Society of North 

America 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 28th – December 

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Kim H.Y., Cho N., Moon WK., et al. Ultrasound (US): elastography of suspicious abnormal 

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America 94 th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 30 th – December 

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Kim Y, Luo S, Dighe M, et al. Objective ultrasound elastography scoring on thyroid 

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Kim S.Y., Kim W., Park J.S. Conventional ultrasonography (CUS) and ultrasound 

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Kim SY, Park JS. Combined use of US elastography and conventional ultrasonography for 

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Society of North America 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting November 

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Kiyomatsu H., Ueno E., Tohno E., et al. Clinical application of ultrasound elastography for 

diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma. 12 th World Congress of the World Federation for 


Australia 

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Kjaer S., Ellingsen T., Bolvig L., et al. Real time elastography of the symptomatic achilles 

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Klauser A., De Zordo T., Pallwein L., et al. Value of real-time sonoelastography in Achilles 

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Klauser A., De Zordo T., Pallwein L., et al. Real-time sonoelastography in achilles tendon: 

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Klauser A. Elastography: is it useful? Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Society Meeting, August 

25th – 28th, 2007, Paris, France 

Kohr J, Sung J, Malak S, et al. Impact of elastography on assessing the likelihood of 

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Kumm T.R., Chau A., Szabunio M. Diagnostic performance of freehand elastography with 

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Eighth International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of 

Tissue Elasticity, September 14 – 17, 2009, Vlissingen,The Netherlands 

Kumm T.R., Grajo J.R., Chau A., et al. Sensitivity and specificity of breast sonoelasticity 

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Congress of Radiology, 2010, March 5 th – 9 th , Vienna, Austria 

Lahme S. Real-time elastography (RTE) in patients with Peyronie’s disease: first results of a 

new imaging technique for the detection and measurement of plaques. EAU Annual 

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Larino J., Iglesias-Garcia J., Alvarez-Castro A., et al. Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound 

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abdominal lymph nodes. Digestive Disease Week, May 30 th – June 4 th , 2009, 

Chicago, USA, 231 

Lariño-Noia J., Iglesias-Garcia J., Dominguez-Munoz J. E. Quantitative endoscopic 

ultrasound (EUS) elastography: hue-histogram vs strain ratio for the differential 

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Larsen M. H., Fristrup C. W., Pless T., et al. Interobserver agreement of endoscopic 

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EuroEUS 2010, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 30 – 31st 

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Locatelli M. Real time sonoelastography (RTSE) of breast lesions: a practical tool to 

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Society of North America 91 st Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 

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Locatelli M., Rizzatto G., Aiani L., et al. Characterization of breast lesions with real-time 

sonoelastography: results from the Italian multicenter clinical trial. European 


Locatelli M. Lesion characterization. European Congress of Radiology, March 7 th – 10 th 

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Maglas A.G.,Chiorean A., Duma M., et al. Imaging aspects of papillary breast proliferations: 

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Malich A., Kott A., Gorna R. Automated quantitative computer-assisted analysis of 

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Malich A. Computer-assisted analysis of strain at breast lesions: diagnostic role and 

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Vienna 

Malich A. Diagnostic role of a 5-level scale in the elastographic analysis of breast lesions. 

European Congress of Radiology, 2011, March 4 th – 8 th , Vienna 

Martegani A., Clarizia F., Rossini G., et al. Elastosonography of benign and malignant 

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Martegani A. Elastosonography of fluid breast lesions: particular morphologic 

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Masahiro S., Yozo M., Naoko A., et al. Real-time balloon inflation elastography of prostate 

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elastography and mr imaging: correlation of elastography score (es) with short tau 

inversion recovery (stir) mr images, enhancement ratio, apparent diffusion coefficient 

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March 6 – 9 th , 2009, Vienna, Austria 

Mayerle J., Simon P., Dickson E. J., et al. Prospective cohort study comparing transient 

EUS guided elastography to EUS FNA for the diagnosis of solid pancreatic mass 

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Mitterberger M., Pinggera G.M., Gozzi C., et al. Sonoelastography in evaluating male 

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Miyake N., Ando T., Watanabe O., et al. Real-time tissue elastography determines 

appropriate therapy and predicts the prognosis of ulcerative colitis. Gut 2009; 58 

(Suppl II) A169

Miyahara R., Niwa Y., Nakamura M., et al. Endoscopic ultrasound elastography for the 

upper gastrointestinal tract disease. Digestive Disease Week, May 17 th – 22 nd , 2008, 

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