Quantitative elastography of renal transplants using supersonic shear imaging: A pilot study

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2138-2146

  Grenier, Nicolas ^a,f   Poulain, Séverine ^a   Lepreux, Sébastien ^a   Gennisson, Jean Luc ^e   Dallaudière, Benjamin ^a   Lebras, Yann ^a   Bavu, Eric ^d   Servais, Aude ^b,c   Meas Yedid, Vannary ^b   Piccoli, Mathieu ^b   Bachelet, Thomas ^a   Tanter, Mickaël ^e   Merville, Pierre ^a   Couzi, Lionel ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^e INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^f HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Elastography; Kidney; Renal fibrosis; Transplantation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867247718     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2471-9     Document Type: Article

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