Learning curve and interobserver reproducibility evaluation of liver stiffness measurement by transient elastography

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 693-701

  Boursier, Jérôme ^a,b   Konate, Anselme ^a,b   Guilluy, Marine ^a   Gorea, Gabriella ^a   Sawadogo, Apollinaire ^a   Quemener, Emmanuel ^a   Oberti, Frédéric ^a,b   Reaud, Stéphane ^b   Hubert Fouchard, Isabelle ^a   Dib, Nina ^a,b   Calès, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Agreement; Cirrhosis; Fibroscan; Liver fibrois; Liver stiffness; Reproducibility; Training

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEARNING ALGORITHM; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; THROMBOCYTE; TIME; VALIDITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 62149105998     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f51992     Document Type: Article

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