Abstract TE and 2D-SWE are well-documented in studies performed on adults, but those on
pediatric patients are limited. The aim of this study was to establish pediatric reference …

BACKGROUND Staging diagnosis of liver fibrosis is a prerequisite for timely diagnosis and
therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B. In recent years, ultrasound elastography has …

Background The prognosis of patients with biliary atresia (BA) after Kasai portoenterostomy
(KPE) varies, and precisely predicting the outcomes of KPE before surgery is still …

Nowadays, shear wave elastographic techniques have brought a substantial reduction of
liver biopsies performed to stage liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis. The …

Objectives: With the introduction of smaller probes (S1, S2), the use of transient
elastography has been expanded to children. Accordingly, we aimed to address points of …

Background Most ultrasound-based methods for assessing liver fibrosis still need further
validation with liver biopsy used as gold standard to assess their accuracy. Aims To assess …

Methods: One hundred twenty seven healthy volunteers (89 women, 38 men; mean age 37,
72±9.11 yr, range 17-63 yr) were examined on shear wave elastography and …

Background There is a paucity of available literature describing the frequency of technical
success of liver two-dimensional (2-D) ultrasound (US) shear wave elastography (SWE) in …

Point shear wave elastography (pSWE) is an ultrasound-based method for non-invasive
quantification of liver fibrosis. The objective of this study was to explore liver pSWE in …

Background Biliary atresia (BA) is one of the most fatal hepatobiliary diseases in infants and
young children, and is easy to cause obstructive jaundice in infants and children, and liver …