Fig. 16
From: What scans we will read: imaging instrumentation trends in clinical oncology
Ultrasound elastography. Elastography (colour-coded) and B-Mode images of a thyroid adenoma (a) and a papillary carcinoma (b) with the lesions encircled in white. The elastography images show clear differences and, thus, help characterize the carcinoma through reduced elasticity, as depicted by the blue regions, which correspond to a lower elasticity (image adapted from [150])