Quantification of liver viscoelasticity with acoustic radiation force: A study of hepatic fibrosis in a rat model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2091-2102

  Chen, Xin ^a,b,c   Shen, Yuanyuan ^a,b,c   Zheng, Yi ^d   Lin, Haoming ^a   Guo, Yanrong ^a   Zhu, Ying ^a   Zhang, Xinyu ^a,b,c   Wang, Tianfu ^a,b,c   Chen, Siping ^a,b,c  

^a Shenzhen University School of Medicine   (China)

^b National Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound   (China)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force; Liver fibrosis; Shear wave; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BIOMECHANICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; RATS; SHEAR WAVES; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; LIVER FIBROSIS; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SPEARMAN CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; VISCO-ELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS; VISCOELASTIC MODELING;

ELASTICITY;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; LIVER FIBROSIS; SHEAR WAVE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84884533645     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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