Feasibility study of ultrasonic fatty liver biopsy: Texture vs. attenuation and backscatter

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1321-1327

  Gaitini, Diana ^a   Baruch, Yaacov ^a   Ghersin, Eduard ^a   Veitsman, Ella ^a   Kerner, Hedvika ^a   Shalem, Bruria ^b   Yaniv, Geva ^b   Sarfaty, Chen ^b   Azhari, Haim ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acoustic attenuation; Biopsy; Diffuse liver disease; Histology; Needle biopsy; Steatosis; Texture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FATTY LIVER BIOPSY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; TEXTURAL INDICES; ULTRASONICS IMAGES;

ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERING; BIOPSY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEATOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 9644256057     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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