Ultrasound of the liver shows a fluid-filled mass with a peripheral ... biopsy the viable portion of tumor and avoid the adjacent normal hepatocytes or necrotic portions of the lesion.

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD FibroScan is the brand name for transient elastography, an abdominal ultrasound that measures the stiffness of liver tissues. The scan can help screen for ...

The pulse-echo ultrasound allows measurement of wave velocity (in meters per second), which correlates with measurement of liver stiffness (in kilopascals). Normal liver stiffness is reported to ...