Editorial
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2016; 22(9): 2647-2656
Published online Mar 7, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i9.2647
Figure 2
Figure 2 Transient elastography uses a low-frequency pulsed excitation to generate shear waves in the tissue, with the velocity of the shear wave - established to be related to tissue stiffness - to be measured with an ultrasound pulse-echo technique and used to calculate the elasticity.