Shear wave elastography for evaluation of liver fibrosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-203

  Ferraioli, Giovanna ^a   Parekh, Parth ^a   Levitov, Alexander B ^a   Filice, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Elastography; Fibrosis; Gastrointestinal ultrasound; Liver; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LIVER; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; STRESSES; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGIC ANALYSIS; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; NONINVASIVE METHODS; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY;

SHEAR WAVES;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ULTRASOUND; LIVER; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE;

EID: 84893624497     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.2.197     Document Type: Article

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