Correlation of MR elastography with morphometric quantification of liver fibrosis (fibro-C-index) in chronic hepatitis B

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1123-1129

  Venkatesh, Sudhakar K ^a   Xu, Shuoyu ^b   Tai, Dean ^b   Yu, Hanry ^b,c   Wee, Aileen ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis b; Fibro C Index; Liver fibrosis; Magnetic resonance elastography; Morphometric analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; MEDICAL IMAGING; STIFFNESS;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; FIBRO-C-INDEX; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

COLLAGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FIBRO C INDEX; HEPATITIS B; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOLOGIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIGIDITY; ULTRASOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84927696541     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25002     Document Type: Article

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