Comparison of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging and Transient Elastography for Non-invasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-14

  Zhang, Dakun ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Wang, Ruifang ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Dedong ^a   Liu, Liping ^b   Zhou, Guangde ^a  

^a BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography; Chronic hepatitis B; Liver fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; AMINO ACIDS; DIAGNOSIS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; STIFFNESS;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84919842887     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.07.018     Document Type: Article

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