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.

Descriptor ID	D054459
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.350.850.270
Concept/Terms	Elasticity Imaging Techniques Elasticity Imaging Techniques Elasticity Imaging Technique Imaging Technique, Elasticity Imaging Techniques, Elasticity Technique, Elasticity Imaging Techniques, Elasticity Imaging Tissue Elasticity Imaging Elasticity Imaging, Tissue Elasticity Imagings, Tissue Imaging, Tissue Elasticity Imagings, Tissue Elasticity Tissue Elasticity Imagings Elastography Elastographies Vibro-Acoustography Vibro-Acoustography Vibro Acoustography Vibro-Acoustographies Magnetic Resonance Elastography Magnetic Resonance Elastography Elastographies, Magnetic Resonance Elastography, Magnetic Resonance Magnetic Resonance Elastographies Resonance Elastographies, Magnetic Resonance Elastography, Magnetic Sonoelastography Sonoelastography Sonoelastographies Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging ARFI Imaging ARFI Imagings Imaging, ARFI Imagings, ARFI Elastograms Elastograms Elastogram

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