Ultrasonographic Elastography seminar

On 21 February 2019, the first year of the seminar, dealing with the topic of Ultrasonographic Elastographywas held at the Golf Hotel in Prague.

The morning part of the program was devoted to the theoretical lectures of MUDr. Kukulský, an application specialist at HITACHI. Furthermore, our request for presentation of their experience with elastography was accepted by MUDr. Dvořák from the Regional Hospital Liberecwith a lecture on SHW in the Clinical Practiceand MUDr. Hejda from the Faculty Hospital in Pilsenwith a lecture on the Use of RTE in the Clinical Practice.

After a theoretical block and a quick refreshment, a hands-on practice workshopon three of our HITACHI Arietta 70 and HITACHI Arietta 850ultrasound devices was ready for the participants in the afternoon. The participants could try out the both types of elastography: ShearWave elastography, which is a method of the future for non-invasive liver fibrosis, and RealTime elastography, in which the elastic properties of tissues are defined by the difference in UZ signal before and after tissue compression.

We are very pleased with the full attendance of the seminar by doctors from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We sincerely hope that the acquired knowledge and skills both from the theoretical and practical part will be of benefit and help to them in the elastography examination of patients.

Medical Technology Division