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Phantom image of a hard inclusion in a softer homogeneous background. The best assessment of relative lesion stiffness is obtained when the area of interest occupies no more than 25–50% of the elastography ROI. In the right image, strain concentration is seen between the stress source (probe) and the hard lesion, indirectly confirming the presence of the harder lesion.
