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Elastography is any of a class of medical imaging diagnostic methods that map the elastic properties and stiffness of soft tissue. The main idea is that whether the tissue is hard or soft will give diagnostic information about the presence or status of disease. For example, cancerous tumours will often be harder than the surrounding tissue, and diseased livers are stiffer than healthy ones.

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Diagnostic.Name
Elastography
Diagnostic.Image
Thyroid SSI Szczepanek-Parulska et al. 2013 papillary thyroid carcinoma elastography.png
Diagnostic.Alt
Scale is in kPa of Young's modulus
Diagnostic.Caption
Conventional ultrasonography (lower image) and elastography (supersonic shear imaging; upper image) of papillary thyroid carcinoma, a malignant cancer. The cancer (red) is much stiffer than the healthy tissue.
Diagnostic.MeshID
D054459

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Elastografia é um exame médico de diagnóstico por imagem que mapeia as propriedades elásticas e a rigidez dos tecidos moles. É útil para avaliar a gravidade de doenças que alteram a consistência dos tecidos, como fibrose e esteatose, e para detectar câncer. Por exemplo, os tumores malignos costumam ser mais duros do que o tecido saudável, fibrose pulmonar causa endurecimento difuso dos pulmões e os fígados com cirrose são mais rígidos que os saudáveis.

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