Elastography of the Musculoskeletal System (eBook)

In this book recognized world-renowned expert authors expose the state of the art on musculoskeletal ultrasound elastography.

Low cost, wide dissemination and accuracy in the evaluation of the musculoskeletal structures, nerves, periosseous soft parts, vascular structures, together with the possibility of performing real time dynamic studies, made the ultrasound technique widely spread among sonographers and musculoskeletal radiologists.

Each chapter presents a description of the elastographic semiotics of the main pathologies of the musculoskeletal system and soft tissue, images that represent both routine and more complex clinical cases in a practical and schematic way and summary tables on the characteristics in terms of elasticity found in the main pathologies.

A wealth of color images as well as dynamic images and tables complete the book, that will be a useful tool for sonographers , radiologists, orthopedists, sports medicine specialists wishing to expand their knowledge on ultrasound elastography.

Salvatore Marsico is a radiologist working in the musculoskletal radiology team of the Diagnostic Imaging Department of the 'Hospital del Mar' in Barcelona (Spain).

He obtained medical degree from the Second University of Naples (Italy) in 2013 and he completed the residency in radiology in 2018 at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy).

In 2017 he completed a year of subspecialization fellowship in MSK radiology at the Vall D'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona (Spain).

He is author and co-author of more than 20 scientific articles and 2 book chapters on diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal radiology.

Albert Solano López is currently the head of the musculoskeletal radiology team of the Diagnostic Imaging Department of the 'Hospital del Mar' in Barcelona (Spain).

He is author and co-author of more than 30 scientific articles and 2 book chapters ondiagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal radiology and has been an active member of ECR, ESSR, SERAM and SERME scientific societies for more than 20 years.