Real-time sono-elastography in the diagnosis of diffuse liver diseases

Figure 1 Real-time elastography images of right liver lobe. A: 58-year-old patient with alcoholic liver steatosis - a very soft liver parenchyma (red/yellow/green) in contrast with hard intercostals muscles and diaphragm (blue); B: 56-year-old patient with chronic hepatitis C - parenchyma with mixed appearance (green/blue) indicative of elasticity; C: 57-year-old patient with alcoholic cirrhosis - very hard liver parenchyma (predominantly blue); D: 67-year-old obese woman with chronic hepatitis. The elastography software was not able to characterize elasticity inside liver.