Real time elastography for noninvasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-467

  Kanamoto, Mami ^a   Shimada, Mitsuo ^a   Ikegami, Toru ^a   Uchiyama, Hideaki ^a   Imura, Satoru ^a   Morine, Yuji ^a   Kanemura, Hirofumi ^a   Arakawa, Yusuke ^a   Nii, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elastic ratio; Liver fibrosis stage; Noninvasive diagnosis; Real time elastography

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; REAL TIME TISSUE ELASTOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

AGED; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650520389     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-009-0075-9     Document Type: Article

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