Sonographic course of alcoholic fatty liver by interobserver and digital evaluation of liver echogenicity;Sonografische verlaufsbeurteilung der alkoholischen fettleber durch untersucherbezogene und digitale analyse der echogenität des binnenreflexmusters

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 689-696

  Simonis, Benjamin ^a,d   Reimann, F M ^b   Waldherr, R ^c   Seitz, H K ^b  

^a Gastroenterologische Fachpraxis   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Institut für Pathologie und Zytologie   (Germany)

^d Prinzessin Margaret Kinderklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver steatosis; Steatohepatitis; Texture analysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 35348838510     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963229     Document Type: Article

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