Application of Real-Time Tissue Elastography with a Low Frequency Convex Array Probe: A Noninvasive Approach to Differential Diagnosis of Liver Tumors
Figure 3
Images present elasticity ideographs, elasticity images, B-mode images, and corresponding pathological pictures, respectively. (a) 1: Haemangioma with type a elasticity in a 61-year-old man and the entire lesion is shown as homogeneously green. (b) 2: Haemangioma with type b elasticity in a 45-year-old woman and the lesion shows a mosaic pattern with dominant green areas. (c) 3: Hepatocellular carcinoma with type c elasticity in a 58-year-old woman and the lesion shows a mosaic pattern with dominant blue areas. (d) 4: Metastatic liver tumor from colorectal adenocarcinoma with type d elasticity in a 50-year-old man and the entire lesion shows homogeneously blue with a green halo surrounding. (d) 5: Hepatocellular carcinoma with type d elasticity in a 67-year-old woman, and the entire lesion shows homogeneously blue.
