Figure 8.
B-mode image (left) and color-coded elastogram (right) of a thyroid nodule in the left thyroid gland, imaged with SE on a Philips iU22 system. The nodule appears hypoechoic with ill-defined borders on anatomical B-mode image. The elastogram shows normal thyroid tissue encoded with blue color (soft tissue) and the nodule with red color (stiff tissue), suggesting a malignant nodule. This was confirmed by histology which showed papillary thyroid carcinoma.