Ultrasound point shear wave elastography assessment of liver and spleen stiffness: Effect of training on repeatability of measurements

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1283-1289

  Ferraioli, Giovanna ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^b   Lissandrin, Raffaella ^a   Zicchetti, Mabel ^a   Bernuzzi, Stefano ^b   Salvaneschi, Laura ^b   Filice, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concordance correlation coefficient; Liver; Reproducibility studies; Shearwave elastography; Spleen; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING CURVE; LIVER; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RIGIDITY; SPLEEN; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPLEEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901687839     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3140-y     Document Type: Article

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