Non-invasive imaging methods based on the mechanical response of an object to a vibrational or impulsive force. It is used for determining the viscoelastic properties of tissue, and thereby differentiating soft from hard inclusions in tissue such as microcalcifications, and some cancer lesions. Most techniques use ultrasound to create the images - eliciting the response with an ultrasonic radiation force and/or recording displacements of the tissue by Doppler ultrasonography.

Synonyms: Imaging, ARFI Elastography, Magnetic Resonance Tissue Elasticity Imaging ARFI Imaging Vibro-Acoustographies Imaging, Tissue Elasticity Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging Imagings, Tissue Elasticity Vibro Acoustography Sonoelastographies Elastographies, Magnetic Resonance Elasticity Imagings, Tissue Elastograms Imaging Techniques, Elasticity Elastography Tissue Elasticity Imagings Vibro-Acoustography Magnetic Resonance Elastographies Technique, Elasticity Imaging Imaging Technique, Elasticity Elasticity Imaging Technique Elastogram Resonance Elastography, Magnetic Resonance Elastographies, Magnetic Elastographies ARFI Imagings Elasticity Imaging, Tissue Imagings, ARFI Sonoelastography Elasticity Imaging Techniques Magnetic Resonance Elastography Techniques, Elasticity Imaging