The mean values of liver stiffness assessed by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse elastography in normal subjects

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Popescu, Alina ^a   Sporea, Ioan ^a   Şirli, Roxana ^a   Bota, Simona ^a   Focşa, Mircea ^a   Dǎnilǎ, Mirela ^a   Nicoliţǎ, Diana ^a   Martie, Alina ^a   Şendroiu, Mǎdǎlina ^a   Juchiş, Ana ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

ARFI; Elastography; Liver stiffness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952467377     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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