Research Progress of Shear Wave Elastography in Musculoskeletal Diseases: Technical Principles and Clinical Applications

In this paper, Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) technology and related literature in recent years are reviewed, and the research progress of SWE in musculoskeletal (MSK) diseases is reviewed, including the technical principle of SWE and its clinical application in MSK diseases. At present, SWE is widely used in the diagnosis of MSK-related diseases, with unique advantages such as non-invasive, real-time dynamic evaluation, and high spatial resolution, which can capture the mechanical changes of muscles, tendons, ligaments and other tissues at rest or under load, providing an objective basis for early diagnosis of diseases, efficacy monitoring and rehabilitation evaluation. However, as a new elastic imaging detection technology, SWE still needs to be further strengthened in the field of MSK disease research in the future, so as to further enhance the accuracy of SWE diagnosis, expand the scope of disease diagnosis, establish musculoskeletal SWE diagnostic criteria, standardize the operating process, and reduce cross-platform measurement errors.