Impact of endoscopic ultrasound elastography in pancreatic lesion evaluation

Figure 1 Basic principles of endoscopic ultrasound elastography in pancreatic lesion evaluation. The possibility of combining endoscopy and ultrasonography in evaluating pancreatic lesion through the principle of strain elastography, in which, tissues with higher elasticity will exhibit more deformation after a form of pressure is being applied. The degree of displacement will then be represented as colour pattern analysis to determine the possible diagnosis (Red = Soft tissue; Green = Intermediate tissue; Blue = Hard tissue).