Automatic assessment of shear wave elastography quality and measurement reliability in the liver

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 936-943

  Pellot Barakat, Claire ^a   Lefort, Muriel ^a   Chami, Linda ^b   Labit, Mickaël ^a   Frouin, Frédérique ^a   Lucidarme, Olivier ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elasticity imaging; Liver fibrosis; Observer variability; Quality criteria; Reliability; Reproducibility; Shear wave elastography

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RELIABILITY; SHEAR WAVES;

ELASTICITY IMAGING; LIVER FIBROSIS; OBSERVER VARIABILITY; QUALITY CRITERIA; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY;

SHEAR FLOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84926127229     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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