Evaluation of liver tumors using acoustic radiation force impulse elastography and correlation with histologic data

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-130

  Frulio, Nora ^a   Laumonier, Herve ^a   Carteret, Thibault ^a   Laurent, Christophe ^b   Maire, Florent ^a   Balabaud, Charles ^a   Bioulac Sage, Paulette ^c   Trillaud, Herve ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse quantification; Elastography; Histologic analysis; Liver elasticity; Liver tumor

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; CHEMOTHERAPY; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE; BENIGN AND MALIGNANT TUMORS; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATOCELLULAR ADENOMA; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGIC ANALYSIS; LIVER TUMORS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

TUMORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871738294     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2013.32.1.121     Document Type: Article

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