Reproducibility of real-time shear wave elastography in the evaluation of liver elasticity

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3102-3106

  Ferraioli, Giovanna ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^b   Zicchetti, Mabel ^a   Above, Elisabetta ^a   Poma, Gianluigi ^a   Di Gregorio, Marta ^a   Filice, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastography; Intraclass correlation coefficient; Liver; Reproducibility studies; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867024277     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.05.030     Document Type: Article

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