Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging - Normal values of liver stiffness in healthy children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 539-544

  Hanquinet, Sylviane ^a   Courvoisier, Delphine ^b   Kanavaki, Aikaterini ^a   Dhouib, Amira ^a   Anooshiravani, Mehrak ^a  

^a Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ARFI imaging; Children; Elastography; Liver stiffness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NEWBORN; NORMAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876681427     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2553-5     Document Type: Article

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