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Diagnostic ultrasound imaging has gained wide acceptance for a broad range of clinical uses. In many cases, ultrasonography is the first-line imaging modality selected for its ease of access and absence of ionizing radiation. Over the last decades, ultrasonography has considerably evolved and is currently contributing to important improvements in patient diagnosis and treatment. Modern ultrasound imaging can provide soft tissue anatomical (shape, size…) and functional information (tissue movements, blood flow) in 3D and 4D, characterization and distinction among tissues (echostructure) and quantification of tissue properties (microstructure, tissue stiffness). Soft tissue quantitative ultrasound (QUS) refers to methods specifically developed to assess quantitative variables reflecting tissue physical properties, usually by analyzing the raw radiofrequency signals and/or its spectral characteristics.
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Grimal, Q., Laugier, P. (2022). Introduction. In: Laugier, P., Grimal, Q. (eds) Bone Quantitative Ultrasound. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1364. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91979-5_1
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