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Chapter-04 Strain Imaging

BOOK TITLE: Breast Elastography: Basic Principles and Interpretation of Clinical Cases

Author
1. Gkali Christina An.
ISBN
9789352700578
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14228_5
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
11
Author Affiliations
1. "Alexandra" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
Chapter keywords
Strain imaging, grayscale strain image, elastography, strain ratio, region of interest, ROI, color map strain elastography

Abstract

With strain imaging, the elastogram is created using either minimal compression or physiologic tissue motion from cardiac pulsations or respiration as the stress force on tissue. Detection pulses track displacement is used to derive a strain image in grayscale or color-coded display. Visual evaluation of grayscale strain image is feasible with a grayscale map according to which the darker the lesion is the higher the stiffness. A lesion size on elastography to the B-mode size ratio was proposed as a diagnostic tool to differentiate benign from malignant breast lesions. This ratio is named EI/B ratio. Semiquantitative way of stiffness evaluation, cysts, strain image in color-coded display, and evaluation of color mapping strain image are some other important topics which are discussed briefly throughout this chapter.

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