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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Ultrasonography > Elasticity Imaging Techniques

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Elasticity Imaging Techniques  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Elasticity Imagings, Tissue
  • Elasticity Imaging, Tissue
  • Elastographies
  • Elastography
  • Imagings, Tissue Elasticity
  • Imaging, Tissue Elasticity
  • Tissue Elasticity Imaging
  • Tissue Elasticity Imagings

Note

  • coordinate with specific technique for elasticity imaging techniques other than ultrasonography

Scope note

  • Non-invasive imaging methods based on the mechanical response of an object to a vibrational or impulsive force. It is used for determining the viscoelastic properties of tissue, and thereby differentiating soft from hard inclusions in tissue such as microcalcifications, and some cancer lesions. Most techniques use ultrasound to create the images - eliciting the response with an ultrasonic radiation force and/or recording displacements of the tissue by Doppler ultrasonography.

History note

  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054459

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