Liver Fibrosis Assessment Using Transient Elastography Guided with Real-Time B-mode Ultrasound Imaging: A Feasibility Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 956-966

  Mak, Tak Man ^a   Huang, Yan Ping ^a   Zheng, Yong Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elasticity measurement; Indentation; Liver fibrosis; Soft tissue; Transient elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; INDENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PROBES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELASTICITY MEASUREMENT; LIVER FIBROSIS; MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SOFT TISSUE; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

STIFFNESS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE SECTION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 84877117734     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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