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Table 8 Comparison between different types of benign and malignant lesions regarding SWE parameters

From: Role of shear wave elastography in characterization of hepatic focal lesions

Lesions

SWE parameter

N = 110

SWE average (mean ± SD)

SWE standard (mean ± SD)

SWE median (mean ± SD)

Hemangioma

24 (21.8%)

9.5 ± 4.2

4.2 ± 2.3

9.32 ± 5.37

Focal fatty infiltration

4 (3.63%)

11.2 ± 5.8

10.1 ± 6.8

12.4 ± 7.23

HCC

70 (63.63%)

15.4 ± 7.2

6.3 ± 4.6

16.30 ± 7.54

Cholangiocarcinoma

6 (5.45%)

32.5 ± 8.25

9.3 ± 3.2

22.23 ± 9.4

Metastasis

6 (5.45%)

22.1 ± 0.4

6.3 ± 1.02

23.6 ± 2.64