Motorizing and Optimizing Ultrasound Strain Elastography for Detection of Intrauterine Growth Restriction Pregnancies

Intrauterine growth restriction is a prevalent disease in pregnancy in which placental insufficiency leads to 5 to 10 times higher mortality and lifelong morbidities. The current detection rate is poor, and recently, ultrasound strain elastography (USEL) was proposed as a new diagnostic technique. Currently, placental USEL uses maternal subcutaneous fat as the reference layer, but this is not ideal as fat tissue stiffness can vary widely between subjects. Current USEL also uses manual palpation, and under different compression depths and rates, viscoelastic tissues such as placenta can yield different stiffness results.
Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research