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Elasticity Imaging Techniques MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Elasticity Imaging Techniques
Tree Number(s)
E01.370.350.850.270
Unique ID
D054459
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054459
Annotation
coordinate with specific technique for elasticity imaging techniques other than ultrasonography
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
ARFI Imaging
Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging
Elastograms
Elastography
Magnetic Resonance Elastography
Sonoelastography
Tissue Elasticity Imaging
Vibro-Acoustography
Previous Indexing
Elasticity (1993-2007)
Public MeSH Note
2008
History Note
2008
Date Established
2008/01/01
Date of Entry
2007/07/09
Revision Date
2011/06/24
Elasticity Imaging Techniques Preferred
Elastograms Related
Vibro-Acoustography Narrower
Sonoelastography Narrower
Magnetic Resonance Elastography Narrower
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