Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI)-imaging is a novel ultrasound-based elastography method enabling quantitative measurement of tissue stiffness. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of ARFI-measurements in the thyroid tissue.Materials and methods: ARFI-imaging involves the mechanical excitation of tissue using short-duration acoustic pulses to generate localized displacements in tissue. The displacements result in...