Acoustic radiation force impulse of the liver

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 4841-4849

  D'Onofrio, Mirko ^a   Crosara, Stefano ^a   de Robertis, Riccardo ^a   Canestrini, Stefano ^a   Demozzi, Emanuele ^a   Gallotti, Anna ^b   Pozzi Mucelli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; Diffuse liver pathology; Focal liver lesion; Sonoelastography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEATOSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 84881494925     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i30.4841     Document Type: Editorial

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