Acoustic radiation force impulse and supersonic shear imaging versus transient elastography for liver fibrosis assessment

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1933-1941

  Sporea, Ioan ^a   Bota, Simona ^a   Jurchis, Ana ^a   Sirli, Roxana ^a   Grǎdinaru Tascǎu, Oana ^a   Popescu, Alina ^a   Ratiu, Iulia ^a   Szilaski, Milana ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography; Liver fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Supersonic shear imaging; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

STIFFNESS;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEROLOGY; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884532167     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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