- Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a new ultrasound method to help diagnose abnormal tissue, scars and cancer more easily
- This technology uses sound waves to measure tension levels in human tissue for the first time. It is an important indicator of abnormal tissue and disease.
- Ultrasound creates images of organs inside the human body, but current methods cannot measure stress and are inadequate for diagnosing abnormal tissue.
- Breakthrough could be used to build new ultrasound machines to help diagnose disease earlier
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a new ultrasound method that can for the first time measure human tissue tension levels, an important indicator of disease.
This breakthrough, achieved by Dr. Artur Gower of the University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, along with researchers from Harvard, Tsinghua, and Galway Universities, has been used to treat abnormal tissue, scarring, and cancer.
Ultrasound uses sound waves to create images of organs inside the human body. However, the images produced by current techniques used in healthcare are usually not sufficient to diagnose whether the tissue is abnormal. developed a method to measure forces such as tension using Because tension occurs in all living tissues, measuring it can indicate whether a tissue is functioning properly or affected by disease.
The researchers used technology from the University of Sheffield railway project. It uses sound waves to measure tension along railroad tracks. Used in both railway and medical ultrasound, this technology is based on a simple principle. The greater the tension, the faster the sound waves propagate. Using this principle, researchers have developed a method to send two sound waves in different directions. The researchers then use a mathematical theory developed to relate tension to wave velocity.
Previous ultrasound methods have struggled to show the difference between hard tissue and tissue under tension. The technique developed is the first to measure tension in any type of soft tissue without knowing anything about it. In a new paper published in Science Advances, researchers describe a new method and show how it can be used to measure tension in muscles.
Dr Artur Gower, Lecturer in Mechanics at the University of Sheffield, said: It will help you find the cause of the problem. One of the limitations of ultrasound currently used in healthcare is that imaging alone is insufficient to diagnose whether tissue is abnormal.
“What we have done in our research is to develop a new method of using ultrasound to measure the level of tension in tissue. The technology is the first to use ultrasound to measure forces in tissue, and is a newer ultrasound technology that can diagnose abnormal tissue and disease early. It can now be used to build a sonic device.”
Original: New ultrasound methods may make disease diagnosis easier
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