“…In two-dimensional (2D)-SWE, body tissues are stimulated at different points, generating propagating shear waves, which are monitored in real time at different locations within the image, thus generating a quantitative elastogram in the form of a “topographic” colored map correlating to a scale of different elastic measurements in m/s or kilopascals [ 32 ]. In point shear wave elastography (pSWE), such as acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) pSWE, the resulting shear waves propagate in a direction perpendicular to the axial stimulating acoustic beam, and the speed of propagation of these shear waves is measured within a region of interest (ROI) by estimating the time needed to travel from the border near to the stimulus to the border away from the stimulus [ 33 ]. Both pSWE and 2D-SWE have excellent performance in assessing liver fibrosis and cirrhosis [ 34 , 35 , 36 ], with good reproducibility [ 34 , 37 ], and both modalities perform similarly well in differentiating malignant and benign lesions [ 38 , 39 , 40 ].…”