Open AccessIs it better to use two elastographic methods for liver fibrosis assessment?
Author(s) -
Ioan Sporea
Publication year - 2011
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.v17.i33.3824
Subject(s) - transient elastography , medicine , receiver operating characteristic , elastography , cirrhosis , fibrosis , liver fibrosis , nuclear medicine , liver biopsy , acoustic radiation force , chronic hepatitis , biopsy , ultrasound , gastroenterology , radiology , virus , virology
To find out if by combining 2 ultrasound based elastographic methods: acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography and transient elastography (TE), we can improve the prediction of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.