Validation of Ultra Sound (US) Elastography (USE)

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Soft Tissue Lesions

Treatments: Device: Ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02773264

idr-us-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective, single-center, non-randomised, non-blinded trial with US Elastography of Patients referred to our institution to assess soft tissue and organ lesions. All patients will undergo next to the clinical indicated conventional US-examination, US Elastography after informed consent. After completion of these three examinations, the participation in the study is completed.

Full description

The investigators propose UltraSound Elastography as an imaging method which allows for a better evaluation of soft tissue and organ lesions compared to the conventional US modalities used nowadays in the dayly clinical routine.

This is a prospective, single-center, non-randomised, non-blinded trial with US Elastography of Patients referred to our institution to assess soft tissue and organ lesions. All patients will undergo next to the clinical indicated conventional US-examination, US Elastography after informed consent. After completion of these three examinations, the participation in the study is completed.

Enrollment: 308 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient scheduled for clinically indicated conventional Ultrasound examination

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 18 years

Trial design

308 participants in 1 patient group

UltraSound Patients

Description:

All patients will undergo next to the clinical indicated conventional US-examination, US Elastography after informed consent. After completion of these three examinations, the participation in the study is completed.

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasound