Tissue elasticity estimated by acoustic radiation force impulse quantification depends on the applied transducer force: An experimental study in kidney transplant patients

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2130-2137

  Syversveen, Trygve ^a   Midtvedt, Karsten ^b   Berstad, Audun E ^a   Brabrand, Knut ^a   Stroøm, Erik H ^a   Abildgaard, Andreas ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse quantification; Elasticity measurements; Fibrosis; Kidney transplantation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SKIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867241145     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2476-4     Document Type: Article

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