Shear wave elastography helps differentiate biliary atresia from other neonatal/infantile liver diseases

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 366-375

  Leschied, Jessica R ^a   Dillman, Jonathan R ^a   Bilhartz, Jacob ^b   Heider, Amer ^b   Smith, Ethan A ^a   Lopez, M James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI); Biliary atresia; Cholestasis; Infant; Liver; Neonate; Shear wave elastography

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT ATRESIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES;

BILIARY ATRESIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 84939940498     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3149-z     Document Type: Article

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