Comparison of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging with transient elastography for the detection of complications in patients with cirrhosis

Liver International

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 852-858

  Vermehren, Johannes ^a   Polta, Andreas ^a   Zimmermann, Olga ^a   Herrmann, Eva ^b   Poynard, Thierry ^c   Hofmann, Wolf Peter ^a,d   Bojunga, Jörg ^a   Sarrazin, Christoph ^a   Zeuzem, Stefan ^a   Friedrich Rust, Mireen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Rottweil GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Cirrhosis; Fibrotest; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPLUSE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 84859438602     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02736.x     Document Type: Article

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