Open AccessShear wave velocity is a useful marker for managing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Author(s) -
Akihiko Osaki,
Tomoyuki Kubota,
Takafumi Suda,
Masato Igarashi,
Keisuke Nagasaki,
Atsunori Tsuchiya,
Masahiko Yano,
Yasushi Tamura,
Masaaki Takamura,
Hirokazu Kawai,
Satoshi Yamagiwa,
Toru Kikuchi,
Minoru Nomoto,
Yoshinobu Aoyagi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i23.2918
Subject(s) - receiver operating characteristic , acoustic radiation force , cutoff , nonalcoholic steatohepatitis , medicine , nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , wave velocity , nuclear medicine , shear (geology) , physics , biology , fatty liver , radiology , ultrasound , paleontology , disease , quantum mechanics
To investigate whether a noninvasive measurement of tissue strain has a potential usefulness for management of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).