Effects of pre-compression on ultrasound elastography measurements in healthy breast tissue

Ultrasound imaging can be used to non-invasively estimate the stiffness and viscosity of tissues within the body in order to diagnose disease. Many tissues, such as muscle or breast, are anisotropic and display differing stiffness or viscosity based on the imaging angle. We aim to optimize an imaging sequence to measure stiffness, viscosity, and the degree of anisotropy (DoA) of these parameters in healthy human breast. This will enable future studies on the diagnostic value of ultrasound elastography for detecting breast pathologies.