Investigating liver stiffness and viscosity for fibrosis, steatosis and activity staging using shear wave elastography

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 317-324

  Deffieux, Thomas ^a   Gennisson, Jean Luc ^a   Bousquet, Laurence ^b   Corouge, Marion ^b   Cosconea, Simona ^b   Amroun, Dalila ^b   Tripon, Simona ^b   Terris, Benoit ^b   Mallet, Vincent ^b   Sogni, Philippe ^b   Tanter, Mickael ^a   Pol, Stanislas ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b université Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

Elastography; Fibrosis; Liver biopsies; Liver stiffness; Non invasive markers of fibrosis; Shear wave; Shear wave spectroscopy; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HAPTOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELASTOGRAPH; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; STEATOSIS; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VISCOMETRY; VISCOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FOLLOW UP; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; VISCOSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922238825     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.09.020     Document Type: Article

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