Assessment of renal allograft fibrosis by acoustic radiation force impulse quantification - A pilot study

Transplant International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-105

  Syversveen, Trygve ^a   Brabrand, Knut ^a   Midtvedt, Karsten ^b   Strøm, Erik H ^a   Hartmann, Anders ^b,c   Jakobsen, Jarl A ^a,c   Berstad, Audun E ^a,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

acoustic radiation force impulse quantification; renal transplant fibrosis; tissue stiffness; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE QUANTIFICATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 78650001933     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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