@misc{10481/44845,
year = {2017},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/44845},
abstract = {Elastography is a promising technology to provide additional clinical information on the
cervical effacement to that obtained from Bishop test and conventional cervicometry by
ultrasounds. Among the different techniques, transient, or acoustic radiation force
elastography (ARFE) is becoming the most common commercial elastography technique.
However, the high intensity of thr beam that ARFE emits to generate the necessary
concentrated burst of acoustic radiation [1] to induce a tractable shear oscillatory
displacement (see Figure 1), has raised some concerns about its potential teratogenous effects
during pregnancy. This letter is aimed at opening a debate to assess the safety of this type of
elastography, and in particular to provide a preliminary screening of cochlear damage in
exposed fetus.},
organization = {This research was supported by the Ministry of Education DPI2014-51870-R, DPI2010-17065
and UNGR15-CE-3664, Ministry of Health DTS15/00093 and PI16/00339, and Junta de
Andalucía P11-CTS-8089 and GGI3000IDIB projects.},
publisher = {John Wiley and Sons},
keywords = {Elastography},
keywords = {Acoustic radiation force elastography (ARFE)},
keywords = {Pregnancy},
keywords = {Teratogenous},
keywords = {Hypoacusia},
keywords = {Cervical stiffness},
title = {On the safety of elastography in fetal medicine: A preliminary study of hypoacusia},
doi = {10.1002/uog.17429},
author = {Massó Guijarro, Paloma and Molina, Francisca and Rus Carlborg, Guillermo},
}