Reference range of pancreatic strain histogram by endoscopic ultrasound elastography: A pilot study

Figure 1 Example image of strain histogram elastography measurement. A B-mode image is always displayed on the left, and a color-scale elastographic image is superimposed on the right. The region of interest is placed on the pancreatic tissue, and the strain histogram value, resulting from the average of hue histogram values, is shown below (white arrow).

Figure 2 Box plot comparing the distribution of strain histogram values in healthy controls and chronic pancreatitis patients. SH: Strain histogram.

Figure 3 Correlation between strain histogram values and age, and strain histogram values and body mass index, in healthy patients and chronic pancreatitis subgroup assessed using Spearman’s rank correlation. BMI: Body mass index; CP: Chronic pancreatitis; SH: Strain histogram.

Figure 4 Strain histogram values distribution by alcohol and smoking status in healthy controls and the chronic pancreatitis subgroup, evaluated via box plots. Alcol: Alcohol; CP: Chronic pancreatitis; SH: Strain histogram.