Meta-analysis: ARFI elastography versus transient elastography for the evaluation of liver fibrosis

Liver International

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1138-1147

  Bota, Simona ^a   Herkner, Harald ^b   Sporea, Ioan ^a   Salzl, Petra ^b   Sirli, Roxana ^a   Neghina, Adriana M ^a   Peck Radosavljevic, Markus ^b  

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

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography; ARFI; Fibroscan ; Liver fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EMBASE; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDY DESIGN;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY; ARFI; FIBROSCAN®; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84881552256     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12240     Document Type: Review

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