New noninvasive ultrasound techniques: Can they predict liver cirrhosis?

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-11

  Yu, Hojun ^a   Wilson, Stephanie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ARFI; contrast enhanced ultrasound; elastography; liver cirrhosis; maximum intensity projection

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION IMAGING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857858464     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: 15360253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e31824a4fc9     Document Type: Review

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