Ultrasound elastography and MR elastography for assessing liver fibrosis: Part 1, principles and techniques

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-32

  Tang, An ^a,b   Cloutier, Guy ^a,b   Szeverenyi, Nikolaus M ^c   Sirlin, Claude B ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Elastography; Liver fibrosis; MR elastography (MRE); MRI; Shear stiffness; Shear wave; Ultrasound; Viscoelasticity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPH; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBESITY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SHEAR WAVE; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY; WAVEFORM; YOUNG MODULUS; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PROCEDURES;

ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84938539553     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.15.14552     Document Type: Article

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