Novel controlled attenuation parameter for the evaluation of fatty liver disease - A preliminary study on a large multi-etiology cohort -

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2256-2259

  Sasso, Magali ^a   Miette, Véronique ^a   Sandrin, Laurent ^a  

^a R and D Department   (France)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Fatty liver disease; Liver; Steatosis; Tissue caracterization

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LIVER; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ATTENUATION; DIAGNOSIS PERFORMANCE; FATTY LIVER DISEASE; INTRACELLULAR ACCUMULATION; LIVER STIFFNESS; NONINVASIVE METHODS; STEATOSIS; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 77952846217     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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