… right liver lobe. There are also some confounding factors that need to be taken into account
when performing liver elastography such as a higher level of aminotransferases, infiltrative …

… a clear analysis of confounding factors, we also discuss potential confounding factors
based on … Magnetic resonance elastography measures liver stiffness by a modified phase-contrast …

… a confounder of liver stiffness measurement during liver fibrosis staging using MRE. MRE can
potentially make an overdiagnosis of liver … CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE can lead to hepatic …

… Liver elastography has been used to stage liver fibrosis. However, there is a widespread
lack in guidelines for the correct use of liver stiffness (LS) in ALD. … abstinence …

… The potential confounding factors that we considered had … We found that normal liver
elasticity measured with SWE was … First, the effect of confounding factors in our study might be …

… confounding factors of liver stiffness measurements, pitfalls, and technical limitations. MR
elastography … measurement over a larger area of the liver; however, the method requires wider …

… liver biopsy, but only when confounding variables that increase … liver stiffness within the
range for cirrhosis. Inflammation should be considered a confounding variable in analysis of liver …

… Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of confounding factors on liver stiffness
by investigating the impact of anesthesia, breathing, and scanning approach when performing …

… confounding factors affect the liver stiffness.4 When these confounding factors are present,
the elastography … This paper looks at some of the most common confounding factors requiring …

… individual patient data meta-analysis to establish stiffness cut-off values for magnetic resonance
elastography (MRE) in staging liver fibrosis and to assess potential confounding factors. …