Atlas of Elastosonography

Dirk-André Clevert, MD, is Associate Professor of Radiology and Section Chief of the Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Center at Munich University Hospital Grosshadern, which is part of one of the largest medical complexes in Germany. He has headed the Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Center since 2004 and performs all interventional ultrasound investigations at the center, including contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Dr. Clevert has published more than 115 articles in national and international medical journals and is a member of the advisory boards of several scientific journals. His research interests span the fields of contrast-enhanced sonography and interventional and vascular ultrasound.Mirko D’Onofrio, MD, has worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at Verona University Hospital since 2004. He is an associate of SIRM (Italian Society of Medical Radiology), SIUMB (Italian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology), and EFSUMB (European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology). Dr. D’Onofrio is a member of ESGAR (European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Imaging) and has been a fellow of ESGAR since 2009. He is on the editorial board of the World Journal of Gastroenterology.Emilio Quaia is Associate Professor of Radiology in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Trieste. He has been principal investigator in several clinical trials. He is the author of 105 scientific papers in different areas.

• Introduction: Technical and Physical Aspects; Method, References.- Clinical applications.- Liver and spleen.- Pancreas.- Kidney.- Breast.- Musculoskeletal.- Thyroid.- Vascular.- Testis.