Quantitative measurement of ultrasound attenuation and hepato-renal index in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-22

  von Volkmann, Hilde Løland ^a   Havre, Roald Flesland ^a   Løberg, Else Marit ^b   Haaland, Terese ^b   Immervoll, Heike ^c   Haukeland, John Willy ^b   Hausken, Trygve ^a,d   Gilja, Odd Helge ^a,d  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Alesund Hospital   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attenuation; NAFLD; Steatosis quantification; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HEPATORENAL INDEX; HUMAN; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TISSUE ELASTICITY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876187637     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.151.hlv1qmu2     Document Type: Article

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