elastografia

Key facts

Diagnostic.Name

Elastography

Diagnostic.Image

Thyroid SSI Szczepanek-Parulska et al. 2013 papillary thyroid carcinoma elastography.png

Diagnostic.Alt

Scale is in kPa of Young's modulus

Diagnostic.Caption

Conventional ultrasonography (lower image) and elastography (supersonic shear imaging; upper image) of papillary thyroid carcinoma, a malignant cancer. The cancer (red) is much stiffer than the healthy tissue.

Diagnostic.MeshID

D054459

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