Feasibility of in vivo MR elastographic splenic stiffness measurements in the assessment of portal hypertension

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-127

  Talwalkar, Jayant A ^a   Yin, Meng ^a   Venkatesh, Sudhakar ^a,b   Rossman, Phillip J ^a   Grimm, Roger C ^a   Manduca, Armando ^a   Romano, Anthony ^c   Kamath, Patrick S ^a   Ehman, Richard L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Liver fibrosis; MR elastography; Portal hypertension; Spleen stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 67650341226     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3504     Document Type: Article

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