Value of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging elastography for non-invasive evaluation of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1942-1950

  Fierbinteanu Braticevici, Carmen ^a   Sporea, Ioan ^b   Panaitescu, Eugenia ^a   Tribus, Laura ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

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

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging elastography; Liver fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Non alcoholic steatohepatitis; Shear wave

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; SHEAR WAVES;

ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS; SHEAR WAVE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884532499     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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