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Elastography

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.

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D054459

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Ultrasound elastography

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Elastography

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples78
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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Elastography

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related to Supersonic shear imaging (SSI) · 12
Elastography → B-mode, Color, First, Local, Second, SSI, Supersonic, SWEI, There, This, Using, Young's
related to background · 10
Elastography → BC, Edwin Smith Papyrus, Egyptian Ebers Papyrus, Greece, Hippocrates, In, Manual, Palpation, Since, Western
related to Optical elastography · 10
Elastography → Early, Examples, FEM, For OCE, OCE, OCT, Optical, Other, The, When
related to Shear-wave elasticity imaging (SWEI) · 10
Elastography → ARFI, By, In, MRI, No, Since, SSI, SWE, SWEI, The
related to Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) · 9
Elastography → An, Because MRI, In MRE, It, Magnetic, MRE, MRI, One, The
related to Quasistatic elastography / strain imaging · 8
Elastography → Additionally, Another, From, Generally, In, Quasistatic, The, To
related to Transient elastography · 5
Elastography → An, In, The, Transient, Young's
related to Processing and presentation · 4
Elastography → For, Mechanical, Most, Once
has application · 3
Elastography → Biopsies, It, Liver
MeSH · 1
Elastography → D054459

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tissue stiffness imaging shear ultrasound image using techniques wave used palpation map mechanical ssi quantitative waves technique elasticity liver acoustic

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ElastographyMeSHD0544591.00infobox
Elastographyis aemerging technique that utilizes optical microscopy to obtain tissue images0.90text
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also for quality controlinstance ofand physical state of components in foods0.80text
for example to evaluate the rheological qualities of cheese.Transient elastography was initially called time-resolved pulse elastography when it was introduced in the late 1990sinstance ofand physical state of components in foods0.80text
Elastographyhas applicationIt0.60section
Elastographyhas applicationBiopsies0.60section
Elastographyhas applicationLiver0.60section
Elastographyrelated to backgroundPalpation0.60section
Elastographyrelated to backgroundManual0.60section

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