Normal liver elasticity values using acoustic radiation force impulse imaging: A prospective study in healthy living liver and kidney donors

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-136

  Son, Chang Young ^a,b   Kim, Seung Up ^a,b   Han, Woong Kyu ^a   Choi, Gi Hong ^a,b   Park, Hana ^a,b   Yang, Seung Choul ^a   Choi, Jin Sub ^a,b   Park, Jun Yong ^a,b   Kim, Do Young ^a,b   Ahn, Sang Hoon ^a,b,c   Chon, Chae Yoon ^a,b   Han, Kwang Hyub ^a,b,c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Centre   (South Korea)

^c Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Age factors; Body mass index; Gender; Normal values

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVER ELASTICITY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84155192624     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2011.06814.x     Document Type: Article

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