Head-to-head comparison of transient elastography (TE), real-time tissue elastography (RTE), and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging in the diagnosis of liver fibrosis

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-469

  Colombo, Silvia ^a   Buonocore, Marco ^a   Del Poggio, Anna ^a   Jamoletti, Carlo ^a   Elia, Stefano ^a   Mattiello, Mario ^a   Zabbialini, Davide ^a   Del Poggio, Paolo ^a  

^a TREVIGLIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging; Chronic liver disease; Fibrosis; Real time elastography; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; METAVIR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME TISSUE ELASTOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863102127     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-011-0509-4     Document Type: Article

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