Figure 2 from Design, Development and Validation of a Knee Brace to Standardize the US Imaging Evaluation of Knee Osteoarthritis | Semantic Scholar (2024)

Based on the reviewed literature, US can be truly considered as a complementary tool to CR in the clinical setup for OA diagnostics and progression prediction using the various search engines.

A standardized ultrasound procedure to address challenges of remote acquisition of images with accurate and repeatable visualization of the target lesion, and introduces two objective measurements based on area and texture analysis to detect changes in the tennis leg injuries.

The potential of ultrasound technologies and their rapid evolution have the potential to make a difference at both the research and clinical levels and their possible future implications are described.

This study demonstrates a high level of acceptability for the tested portable technologies designed for a potentially remote and frequent assessment of knee osteoarthritis.

The limitations of radiographs in knee OA assessment could be overcome by high-quality assessment using magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasonography both in clinical routine and scientific situations.

The main added value of US over clinical examination and plain radiography is its higher sensitivity for detecting synovitis and bone surface abnormalities, respectively.

The use of ultrasound as a complementary imaging tool along with radiography may enable more accurate and cost-effective diagnostics of knee osteoarthritis at the primary healthcare level.

Although a number of challenges have to be met before the clinical use of ultrasound techniques in cartilage diagnostics is realistic, ultrasound and ultrasound-assisted techniques may enable assessment of the very early tissue changes in OA, so further studies are highly recommended.

Agreements between a beginner and a highly experienced ultrasonographer were only fair at the beginning, but during the study including ultrasonographical sessions of 15 RA patients, the beginner clearly improved in musculoskeletal ultrasonography.

This narrative review presents one branch of e-health, in particular the use of teleultrasonography (TUS) in clinical practice, the challenges and barriers encountered, and how TUS has the potential to redesign future health care systems.

The history and current state of medical ultrasound are reviewed, the developments of approaches capable of the quantitative measurement of tissue elastic properties, namely ultrasound elastography and radiation-force imaging, high-frequency imaging yielding improved spatial resolution, and therapeutic applications in drug delivery and high-intensity focused ultrasound surgery are discussed.

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