Liver and spleen stiffness measured by acoustic radiation force impulse elastography for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis and esophageal varices in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1245-1253

  Ye, Xiao Ping ^a   Ran, Hai Tao ^a   Cheng, Juan ^a   Zhu, Ye Feng ^a   Zhang, Da Zhi ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a   Zheng, Yuan Yi ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse; Esophageal varices; Liver fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Spleen stiffness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; VIRUSES;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; ESOPHAGEAL VARICES; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; NONINVASIVE METHODS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES;

STIFFNESS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; VIROLOGY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84864673789     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.8.1245     Document Type: Article

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