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    Liver Elastography: The latest ultrasound breakthrough

    Jul 30, 2020 2 minutes
    Dr Asha Pradeep MD (Rad), DMRE, Specialist Radiologist, Aster Clinic, Bahrain

    Ultrasound Elastography is perhaps the most important breakthrough in the evolution of ultrasonography in the last 15 years.

    Elastography is an advanced imaging technology which uses a surface ultrasound for non-invasively assessing the elasticity and stiffness of various tissues in the body. Elasticity of the tissues actually describes the resistance

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