Shear wave elastography: An accurate technique to stage liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-99

  Guibal, A ^a,b   Renosi, G ^a   Rode, A ^c   Scoazec, J Y ^a   Guillaud, O ^a   Chardon, L ^a   Munteanu, M ^d   Dumortier, J ^a   Collin, F ^b   Lefort, T ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier de Perpignan   (France)

^c CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Hepatology UPMC APHP Liver Center   (France)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Elasticity imaging techniques; Elastography; Liver fibrosis; Sonoelastography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; STAGING; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85017056195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22115684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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