Contribution of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography to the ultrasound diagnosis of biliary atresia

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1489-1495

  Hanquinet, Sylviane ^a   Courvoisier, Delphine S ^b   Rougemont, Anne Laure ^c   Dhouib, Amira ^a   Rubbia Brandt, Laura ^c   Wildhaber, Barbara E ^c   Merlini, Laura ^a   McLin, Valerie A ^c   Anooshiravani, Mehrak ^a  

^a Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse sonography; Biliary atresia; Cholestasis; Liver; Neonate; Shear wave elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN SIZE; BILE DUCT; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BILE DUCTS; BILIARY ATRESIA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84940591131     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-015-3352-6     Document Type: Article

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