Quantitative and noninvasive assessment of chronic liver diseases using two-dimensional shear wave elastography

Figure 1 The principle of two-dimensional shear wave elastography. 2D-SWE is created by ultrasound-generated pulses from an acoustic radiation force that produce plane shear waves, and the propagation of the resulting shear waves can be captured in real time. 2D-SWE: Two-dimensional shear wave elastography.