Nondiseased liver stiffness measured by shearwave elastography a pilot study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-60

  Cha, Seung Woo ^a   Jeong, Woo Kyoung ^a   Kim, Yongsoo ^a   Kim, Min Yeong ^a   Kim, Jinoo ^a   Kim, Yeon ^a   Ryu, Jeong Ah ^a   Kim, Tae Yeob ^a   Sohn, Joo Hyun ^a   Kim, Young Hwan ^a  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Gastrointestinal ultrasound; Liver stiffness; Nondiseased liver; Shear wave elastography

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; LIVER BIOPSIES; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER STIFFNESS; OPTIMAL THRESHOLD; PILOT STUDIES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY;

STIFFNESS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONDISEASED LIVER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; YOUNG MODULUS;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ULTRASOUND; LIVER STIFFNESS; NONDISEASED LIVER; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892397295     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.1.53     Document Type: Article

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