Using Ultrasound Elastography to Monitor Human Soft Tissue Behaviour during Prolonged Loading: a Clinical Explorative Study

Pressure ulcers are localized injuries to the skin or underlying tissues over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear. Ultrasound imaging techniques are widely applied to detect and to investigate pressure ulcer pathogenesis and healing, but due to missing structural alterations, very early signs of tissue alterations are not detectable. Ultrasound elastography was proposed as a new method to measure very early signs of pressure ulcer development but this was not investigated in humans so far.
Source: Journal of Tissue Viability - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Clinical study Source Type: research