Staging of hepatic fibrosis: Comparison of magnetic resonance elastography and shear wave elastography in the same individuals

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-212

  Yoon, Jeong Hee ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a   Woo, Hyun Sik ^a   Yu, Mi Hye ^a   Joo, Ijin ^a   Lee, Eun Sun ^a   Sohn, Ji Young ^a   Lee, Kyung Boon ^b   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cross validation; Elastography; Hepatic fibrosis; Magnetic resonance elastography; Shear wave elastography; Ultrasound based elastography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG MODULUS;

CROSS-VALIDATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATIC FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND-BASED ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874775131     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2013.14.2.202     Document Type: Article

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