Magnetic resonance elastography for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic Hepatitis B and C by using both gradient-recalled echo and spin-echo echo planar imaging: A prospective study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 823-833

  Shi, Yu ^a   Xia, Fei ^a   Li, Qiu Ju ^a   Li, Jia Hui ^a   Yu, Bing ^a   Li, Yue ^a   An, He ^a   Glaser, Kevin J ^b   Tao, Shengzhen ^b   Ehman, Richard L ^b   Guo, Qi Yong ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FAT CONTENT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GRADIENT RECALLED ECHO; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROINFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CHINA; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; BIOPSY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84961226239     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.56     Document Type: Article

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