Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography of the liver: Can fat deposition in the liver affect the measurement of liver stiffness?

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 639-643

  Motosugi, Utaroh ^a   Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^a   Niitsuma, Yoshibumi ^b   Araki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b HIMEDIC Imaging Center at Lake Yamanaka   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse; Cirrhosis; Fatty liver; Liver; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER SPLEEN ATTENUATION RATIO INDEX; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81855189553     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-011-0607-5     Document Type: Article

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