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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2018 Mar 21;44(6):1170–1176. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.02.007

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Typical BGR artifact seen in a partially cystic nodule – the artifact appears as an area of high stiffness distal to the cystic part of the nodule (arrow). Recognition of this artifact is important since measurement of stiffness in this region will lead to an artefactual stiff assessment.