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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 2.

Shear Stiffness Values of Individual Tumor Types

Tumor n Shear Stiffness (kPa)
Mean ± SD Range
Focal nodular hyperplasia 3 2.7 ± 0.2 2.4 – 2.9
Hemangioma 9 2.7 ± 0.5 1.6 – 3.2
Hepatic adenoma 1 3.1
Cholangiocarcinoma 5 16.2 ± 3.4 10.8 – 19.6
Hepatocellular carcinoma 12 10.3 ± 2.0 7.6 – 14.2
Metastasis 14 7.6 ± 1.7 6.2 – 12.2