Clinical applications of elastography: An overview

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Tyagi, Satyanand ^a   Kumar, Sachin ^a  

^a KNGD Modi Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Elasticity imaging; Elastography; Fibroscan and transient elastography; MRE; Real time tissue elastography; Sonoelastography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC ELASTOGRAPHY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 84455168720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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