Age-related changes in liver, kidney, and spleen stiffness in healthy children measured with acoustic radiation force impulse imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Mi Jung ^a   Kim, Myung Joon ^a   Han, Kyung Hwa ^b   Yoon, Choon Sik ^c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Child; Kidney; Liver; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SPLEEN; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 84876889386     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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