Ultrasound Elastography Muscle Stiffness Evaluation
Using the same transducer and strain elastography feature of the ACUSON
S 2000 USG machine real-time two-dimensional (2D) elastography images
were obtained at rest and in closed mouth position by the same
radiologist. Muscle stiffness was measured with SWE which provides a
semitransparent color-coded image displaying the shear wave velocity
(m/sec) from ten different points of the masseter muscle and the average
of the ten measurements was taken and analyzed.