Shear-wave elastography can evaluate annulus fibrosus alteration in adolescent scoliosis.
Tristan LanglaisClaudio VergariRaphael PiettonJean DuboussetWafa SkalliRaphael ViallePublished in: European radiology (2018)
• Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis may have an altered lumbar annulus fibrosus. • Shear-wave elastography can quantify lumbar annulus fibrosus mechanical properties. • Shear-wave speed was higher in scoliotic annulus than in healthy subjects. • Elastography showed potential as a biomechanical marker for characterizing disc alteration.