D.O. Cosgrove; London/UK & A. Tardivon; Paris/FR Welcome and introduction T. Shiina; Kyoto/JP Non-invasive, quantitative evaluation of diffuse liver disease: A new frontier of Real-time Tissue Elastography A. Thomas; Berlin/DE New ultrasound techniques for the detection and characterisation of focal breast lesions F. Frauscher; Innsbruck/AT Recent advances in Real-time Elastography of the prostate and introduction of European multicentre study M. Roca; Zaragoza/ES Real-time Tissue Elastography in musculoskeletal applications A. Tardivon; Paris/FR Summary and conclusion