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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Jun;190(6):1534–1540. doi: 10.2214/AJR.07.3123

Table 1.

Shear Stiffness Values in Liver Parenchyma and Liver Tumors

Group n Shear Stiffness (kPa)
Mean ± SD Range
Malignant tumors 31 10.1 ± 3.6 6.2 – 19.6
Benign tumors 13 2.7 ± 0.4 1.6 – 3.2
Fibrotic liver 16 5.9 ± 2.5 3.1 – 12.2
Normal liver 13 2.3 ± 0.3 1.8 – 2.8