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Application of Ultrasonic Elastography in Lung Lesions

NCT02636985 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2015-12-22

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Summary

Elastography is an imaging of tissue elasticity or stiffness and is currently emerging as a mainstream tool for ultrasound-based diagnosis. This compressibility property of materials, mathematically expressed as the change in tissue displacement as a function of its distance from the compressing device, is known as strain and is the parameter that is imaged in an elastogram.

Elastography has currently shown promising result in differentiating viscoelastic nature of various organs, which is a consequence of certain underlying diseases.

At present, there are limited literatures revealing the application and feasibility of ultrasonic elastography in lung lesions. This is essentially important as it may serve as an adjuvant to B-mode ultrasound. The investigators aimed at exploring the application and feasibility of ultrasonic elastography on lung lesions.

Conditions

  • Elastography

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hao-Chien Wang, MD, PhD · National Taiwan University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-12-31
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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