Factors influencing reliability of liver stiffness measurements using transient elastography (M-probe) - Monocentric experience

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Şirli, Roxana ^a   Sporea, Ioan ^a,b   Bota, Simona ^a,b   Jurchiş, Ana ^a,b  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b not available   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Failed measurements; Liver stiffness; Transient elastography; Unreliable measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROMANIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879506600     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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