Exploration of acute gout diagnosis based on ultrasound viscoelastic imaging: quantitative parameter analysis and clinical validation
Jiesi Zhang, Xiao Chen, Peipei Li, Mei Zhao, Li Li, Yuquan Ye · 2025
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Jiesi Zhang and co-authors test a new ultrasound method for spotting acute gout in this 2025 study. Gout causes sudden joint pain and swelling, but other joint problems can look much the same. Their imaging method measures how sound waves move through tissue, giving numbers for stiffness and thickness of the fluid-like behavior.
The team studied patients who arrived with acute joint swelling and pain. Two measures, mean wave speed and peak spread of the waves, best separated gout from other causes. Used together in one model, the measures judged cases better than either one alone. The authors present the method as a painless, needle-free aid for diagnosis.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jiesi Zhang, Xiao Chen, Peipei Li, Mei Zhao, Li Li, Yuquan Ye |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |