Clinical Impact of EUS Elastography Mean Strain Histograms (SH) and Contrast Peak-enhancement in Focal Pancreatic Masses and Lymph Nodes

"Elastography is an ultrasound method used for the reconstruction of tissue elasticity distribution in real-time. The main intended use is to differentiate between benign and malignant focal lesions based on the significantly smaller strain of the latter real time. Tissue elastography can be easily performed with conventional probes, including the linear EUS probes used for the examination of the pancreas and/or lymph nodes.~Contrast-enhancement Ultrasound contrast agents in conjunction with contrast specific imaging techniques are increasingly accepted in clinical use for diagnostic imaging. Pancreatic adenocarcinomas are usually hypovascular tumors."