Comparative study between two point shear wave elastographic techniques: Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) elastography and ElastPQ

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 309-314

  Sporea, Ioan ^a   Bota, Simona ^a   Grădinaru Taşcău, Oana ^a   Şirli, Roxana ^a   Popescu, Alina ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

ARFI elastography; Elastpq; Liver fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Shear wave elastography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE ELASTOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY POINT QUANTIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910157110     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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