Ultrasonogram Evaluation of Scrotal Pathologies with Elastography
Author(s): Anish N and Prabakaran M*
Abstract
The present study aims to evaluate the role of ultrasonography in diagnosis and Characterization of the scrotal pathologies and to compare with ultrasound elastography. Different ultrasound machines and transducers in a phantom and found the difference in mean shear wave velocities between three machines to be statistically significant (p ≤ 0.002). This necessitates a caution while using absolute cut-off values for comparison of measurements obtained from different ultrasound machines and transducers. Outcome of evaluation is better when elastography is done along with the routine B-mode ultrasound in terms of characterization of the lesion and early diagnosis in case of testicular tumors.