Comparative Study Concerning the Value of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) in Comparison with Transient Elastography (TE) for the Assessment of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B and C

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1310-1316

  Sporea, Ioan ^a   Sirli, Roxana ^a   Bota, Simona ^a   Popescu, Alina ^a   Sendroiu, Madalina ^a   Jurchis, Ana ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography; ARFI; Chronic hepatitis B; Chronic hepatitis C; FibroScan ; Liver fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ARFI; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

STIFFNESS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863091222     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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