Evaluation of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for determination of liver stiffness using transient elastography as a reference

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1077-1084

  Kircheis, Gerald ^a   Sagir, Abdurrahman ^a   Vogt, Christoph ^b   Dahl, Stephan Vom ^c   Kubitz, Ralf ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b St Josef Krankenhaus Moers GmbH Moers   (Germany)

^c St Franziskus Hospital Koln   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Elastography; Fibroscan; Liver

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858592567     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i10.1077     Document Type: Article

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