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Fig. 9.1 B-mode ultrasound demonstrates normal testicular tissue Fig. 9.2 Colour Doppler ultrasound demonstrates internal vascularity of the normal testicular tissue Fig. 9.3 VTIQ velocity colour overlay displays relative shear…

Fig. 5.1 Ultrasound images of a 57-year-old woman. B-mode sonography indicates an ovoid to round hypoechoic lesion with a maximum diameter of 0.6 cm. The diagnosis was a focal fatty…

Fig. 6.1 Grayscale longitudinal image (right) of normal relaxed rectus femoris muscle. At sonoelastography (left), the muscle appears as a mosaic of intermediate stiffness green color with scattered softer (red)…

Fig. 2.1 ARFI liver. Normal value in healthy liver Fig. 2.2 ARFI liver. High value in cirrhotic liver Fig. 2.3 Haemangioma. Higher value in the focal hyperechoic liver lesion (a)…

Score Color pattern Stiffness Histology 1 Green Homogeneous soft Normal pancreatic tissue 2 Green, yellow, and red Soft heterogeneity Fibrosis 3 Mostly blue with minimal heterogeneity Hard Early pancreatic adenocarcinoma…

Fig. 8.1 68-year-old male patient with recent ischaemic neurological symptoms, B-scan shows a hard plaque of the common carotid artery (CCA) Fig. 8.2 Duplex ultrasonography depicted no high-degree stenosis of…

Fig. 4.1 ARFI values in kidneys are deeply affected by many elements. One of them is the anatomical architecture. In fact they are lower in the renal sinus (a) where…

Fig. 7.1 Hyperplastic follicular lesion histologically proven. (a) At baseline ultrasound the lesion appears iso-hypoechoic with peripheral halo sign. (b1, b2) At power Doppler and at Advanced Dynamic Flow™ (ADF),…

Fig. 1.1 Exemplification of the pure stress (arrows) applied on the surface of a rectangular shaped homogeneous medium, which deforms it maintaining its volume. The blue line on the diagram…