Tissue quantification with acoustic radiation force impulse imaging: Measurement repeatability and normal values in the healthy liver

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 132-136

  D'Onofrio, Mirko ^a   Gallotti, Anna ^a   Pozzi Mucelli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Liver; Tissue quantification; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR FLOW; TISSUE MICROARRAY; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77954715997     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3923     Document Type: Article

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