MR elastography for the assessment of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection: Does histologic necroinflammation influence the measurement of hepatic stiffness?

Radiology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-98

  Shi, Yu ^a   Guo, Qiyong ^a   Xia, Fei ^a   Dzyubak, Bogdan ^b   Glaser, Kevin J ^b   Li, Qiuju ^a   Li, Jiahui ^a   Ehman, Richard L ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; BIOPSY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84908696118     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14132592     Document Type: Review

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