Ultrasound elastography in liver

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 515-534

  Frulio, N ^a   Trillaud, H ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Liver elasticity; Liver fibrosis; Liver tumors; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME ELASTOGRAPHY; REIMBURSEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VIRUS HEPATITIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892578077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22115684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.02.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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