The effects of fatty deposits on the accuracy of the Fibroscan®liver transient elastography ultrasound system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3901-3914

  Cournane, S ^a   Browne, J E ^b   Fagan, A J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; CRYOGELS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FAT LAYER; GOLD STANDARDS; IN-VIVO; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TISSUE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; REGION OF INTEREST; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; VARYING THICKNESS; YOUNG'S ELASTIC MODULUS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPRESSION TESTING; DEPOSITS; ELASTIC MODULI; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTICS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACOUSTICS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; LIVER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862023903     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/12/3901     Document Type: Article

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