Evaluation of sound speed for detection of liver fibrosis: Prospective comparison with transient dynamic elastography and histology

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1581-1588

  Boozari, Bita ^a,b   Potthoff, Andrej ^a   Mederacke, Ingmar ^a   Hahn, Andreas ^a   Reising, Ansgar ^a   Rifai, Kinan ^a   Wedemeyer, Heiner ^a   Bahr, Matthias ^a   Kubicka, Stefan ^a   Manns, Michael ^a   Gebel, Michael ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Sana Kliniken GmbH and Co KGaA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibroscan; Fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Ultrasound velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BIOPSY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT TREATMENT; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

FIBROSCAN; FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRA-SOUND VELOCITIES;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 78149330191     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.11.1581     Document Type: Article

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