Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography for Chronic Liver Disease: Comparison with Ultrasound-Based Scores of Experienced Radiologists, Child-Pugh Scores and Liver Function Tests

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1637-1643

  Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Lee, Jae Young ^a   Kim, Yoon Jun ^a   Yoon, Jung Hwan ^a   Kim, Se Hyung ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; ARFI; Chronic liver disease; Elastography; Fatty liver; Liver; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARFI; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONICS;

LIVER;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHRACENES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956650276     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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