Shear-wave Elastography in Breast Cancer

. First, strain elastography (it is based upon the fact that hard tissue is more difficulty compressed than soft tissue. SE is a technique that measures the tissue deformation generated by compression, which may be applied with a probe on the body surface for static imaging) will be performed. The elastogram image of the detected lesion, will be evaluated Using color coding ranging from blue, through green and red. All lesions will be scored on elastogram in terms of their Stiffness compared to normal parenchyma. Second, shear wave elastography (is a method to generate shear waves and measure SWV ,based on the principle of fast propagation of shear wave speed in hard tissue and slow propagation in soft tissue , the hardness of tissue is indirectly reflected by measuring shear wave speed ) , will also be calculated individually.