Detection of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in patients with morbid obesity before bariatric surgery: Preliminary evaluation with acoustic radiation force impulse imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2525-2532

  Guzman Aroca F ^a   Frutos Bernal, M D ^a   Bas, A ^a   Lujan Mompean J A ^a   Reus, M ^a   De Dios Berná Serna, Juan ^a   Parrilla, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse,ARFIimaging; Bariatric surgery; Morbid obesity; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), Non alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BIOPSY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84870374798     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2505-3     Document Type: Article

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