Increased Mechanical Index Improves Shear Wave Elastography: Pilot Study of Signal Enhancement

Scott Schoen, Michael Wang, Sunethra Dayavansha, Kim Naja, Viksit Kumar, Rimon Tadross, Kathleen Pope, Lauren Ling, David Hunt, Mary K. Peters, Ann Iafrate, Nathaniel D. Mercaldo, Kurt Sandstrom, TaeYun Kim, Mike Washburn, Theodore T. Pierce, Anthony E. Samir

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2025.03.003
Published: 2025-07
Container: Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2025.03.003,
  title = {Increased Mechanical Index Improves Shear Wave Elastography: Pilot Study of Signal Enhancement},
  author = {Scott Schoen and Michael Wang and Sunethra Dayavansha and Kim Naja and Viksit Kumar and Rimon Tadross and Kathleen Pope and Lauren Ling and David Hunt and Mary K. Peters and Ann Iafrate and Nathaniel D. Mercaldo and Kurt Sandstrom and TaeYun Kim and Mike Washburn and Theodore T. Pierce and Anthony E. Samir},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Ultrasound in Medicine \&amp; Biology},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2025.03.003},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2025.03.003}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Increased Mechanical Index Improves Shear Wave Elastography: Pilot Study of Signal Enhancement
AU  - Scott Schoen
AU  - Michael Wang
AU  - Sunethra Dayavansha
AU  - Kim Naja
AU  - Viksit Kumar
AU  - Rimon Tadross
AU  - Kathleen Pope
AU  - Lauren Ling
AU  - David Hunt
AU  - Mary K. Peters
AU  - Ann Iafrate
AU  - Nathaniel D. Mercaldo
AU  - Kurt Sandstrom
AU  - TaeYun Kim
AU  - Mike Washburn
AU  - Theodore T. Pierce
AU  - Anthony E. Samir
PY  - 2025
JO  - Ultrasound in Medicine &amp; Biology
DO  - 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2025.03.003
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Schoen, S., Wang, M., Dayavansha, S., Naja, K., Kumar, V., Tadross, R., Pope, K., Ling, L., Hunt, D., Peters, M. K., Iafrate, A., Mercaldo, N. D., Sandstrom, K., Kim, T., Washburn, M., Pierce, T. T., & Samir, A. E. (2025). Increased Mechanical Index Improves Shear Wave Elastography: Pilot Study of Signal Enhancement. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2025.03.003

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