Comparing Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging to transient elastography to assess liver stiffness in healthy volunteers with and without valsalva manoeuvre

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 159-168

  Horster, S ^a   Mandel, P ^a   Zachoval, R ^a   Clevert, D A ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RIGIDITY; SHEER WAVE SPEED; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650500943     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2010-1342     Document Type: Article

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