Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) for non-invasive detection of liver fibrosis: Examination standards and evaluation of interlobe differences in healthy subjects and chronic liver disease

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1458-1467

  Karlas, Thomas ^a   Pfrepper, Cornelia ^a   Wiegand, Johannes ^a   Wittekind, Christian ^a   Neuschulz, Marie ^a   Mössner, Joachim ^a   Berg, Thomas ^a   Tröltzsch, Michael ^a   Keim, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ARFI; Liver cirrhosis; Liver fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERLOBE DIFFERENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONVIRAL LIVER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655143414     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.610004     Document Type: Article

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