A pilot study of the characterization of hepatic tissue strain in children with cystic-fibrosis-associated liver disease (CFLD) by acoustic radiation force impulse imaging

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 552-557

  Behrens, Christopher B ^a   Langholz, Juliane H ^a   Eiler, Jessika ^a   Jenewein, Raphael ^a   Naehrlich, Lutz ^a   Fuchs, Konstantin ^a   Harth, Sebastian ^a   Krombach, Gabriele A ^a   Alzen, Gerhard F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Cystic fibrosis; Elastography; Liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS ASSOCIATED LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER STRUCTURE; MALE; MECONIUM ILEUS; MEDICAL HISTORY; PANCREAS EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876666515     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2560-6     Document Type: Article

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