Table 3 Elastography equipment specifications used
From: Elastography in the assessment of the Achilles tendon: a systematic review of measurement properties
Measurement instrument | Authors & year | Machine | Probe | Reference material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Strain elastography | Drakonaki et al., 2009 [33] | HV900, Hitachi Medical Corporation | 6-14MHz linear transducer | Kager’s fat pad |
Ooi et al., 2015 [27] | Philips iU22 Philips Healthcare, Bothell | 5-17MHz linear probe | Kager’s fat pad | |
Yamamoto et al., 2016 [34] | HV900; Hitachi Aloka Medical Corporation | 6–14MHz linear probe | acoustic coupler—elastomer resin | |
Schneebeli et al., 2016 [35] | MyLab ClassC, Esaote, Genoa, Italy | 3–13 MHz linear probe | external reference material | |
Payne et al., 2017 [32] | Siemens ACUSON S2000â„¢ HELX EVOLUTION | linear 5-14MHz probe | no reference material was used. For analysis, raw data measuring the actual displacement used | |
Schneebeli et al., 2019 [36] | MyLab Class C, Esaote, Genova | linear 3-13MHz probe | external reference material | |
Schneebeli et al., 2021 [37] | 1. Resona 7, Mindray, Shenzhen; 2.Aplio 500, Toshiba Medical Systems Corp.; 3.Aixplorer, SuperSonic Imagine, Aix-En-Provence, | linear—1.6-14MHz; 2. 5-14MHz; 3. 4–15MHz probe | acoustic coupler—elastomer resin | |
Shear wave elastography—velocity | Aubry et al., 2013 [38] | SuperSonic Imagine, Aix-En-Provence, France) | 12-MHz superficial Linear transducer | NA |
DeWall et al., 2014 [39] | SupersonicImagine;Aix-en-Provence,France;software version 5 | linear array transducer(L15-4) | NA | |
Aubry et al. 2015 [28] | Aixplorer, SuperSonic Imagine, Aix-en-Provence, France | 12-MHz superficial linear transducer | NA | |
Dirrichs et al., 2016 [29] | Aixplorer, SuperSonic Imagine, Aix-en-Provence, France | linear 15Â MHz transducer (SuperLinear SL15-4, SuperSonic Imagine | NA | |
Fu et al., 2016 [40] | Acuson S3000 ultrasound system (Siemens Medical Solutions VTIQ; Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA) | 9L4 linear transducer | NA | |
Payne et al., 2017 [32] | Siemens ACUSON S2000â„¢ HELX EVOLUTION | linear 4-9MHz probe | NA | |
Coombes et al., 2018 [30] | Aixplorer version 8.2; Supersonic Imagine, Aix-en-Provence, France) | 50 mm linear transducer (15–4 MHz) | NA | |
Shear wave elastography—modulus | Helfenstein-Didier et al., 2016 [41] | AIXPLORER v8, Supersonic Imagine, Aix-en-Provence | superlinear 14–5/38 mm | NA |
Lima et al., 2017 [42] | AIXPLORER v.9, Supersonic Image, Aix-en-Provence | superlinear 4-15Â MHz and 2-10Â MHz probes | NA | |
Zhou et al., 2019 [43] | AIXPLORER, Supersonic Imagine, Aix-en-Provence | 10-2MHz/40Â mm linear array transducer | NA | |
Gatz et al., 2021 [31] | Aixplorer, Super-Linear SL 18–5; Supersonic Imagine | superlinear 18–5 | NA | |
cSWE | Suydam et al., 2015 [44] | MDP, Ultrasonix, Vancouver | linear 38Â mm and external actuator | NA |
Corrigan et al., 2019 [45] | SonixMDP Q + , Ultrasonix, Vancouver | linear L14-5/38mm and external actuator | NA | |
3D SWE | Götschi et al., 2021 [46] | Aixplorer Ultimate SuperSonic Imagine | super linear 18-5MHz/50mm | NA |