Fractal Analysis of Elastographic Images for Automatic Detection of Diffuse Diseases of Salivary Glands: Preliminary Results

Figure 6

Qualitative (black and white coded; black is rigid; white is soft) elastogram (ARFI procedure) of the normal gland (considered to be the “witness,” on the left side). The dispersion of the vectors of speed is obvious. There is no obvious compact hard parenchyma as in the right pathological gland (Figure 5).