Background Children with biliary atresia are prone to developing progressive hepatic
fibrosis and biliary cirrhosis following the Kasai operation. The only treatment is liver …

Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) is an image-guided ultrasound elastography method
that allows quantification of liver stiffness by measurement of shear wave velocity. One …

Objectives It is challenging to early differentiate biliary atresia from other causes of
cholestasis. We aimed to develop an algorithm with risk stratification to distinguish biliary …

Background Our objective was to evaluate the accuracy of acoustic radiation force impulse
(ARFI) elastography in determining extent of liver fibrosis in pediatric patients with short …

Currently, liver histology is the gold standard for the detection of liver fibrosis. In recent
years, new methods such as transient elastography (TE) have been introduced into clinical …

Objective To investigate the minimum optimal acquisition number of hepatic shear wave
velocities (SWVs) on ultrasound elastography in children. Materials and Methods We …

Purpose The purpose of the study was to determine the accuracy of acoustic radiation force
impulse (ARFI) ultrasound elastography in assessing the degree of liver disease in children …

Background Current diagnostic methods for the diagnosis of Cystic fibrosis (CF)-associated
liver disease (CFLD) are non-specific and assessment of disease progression is difficult …

Purpose To compare sonographic parameters of the pancreas between healthy children
and pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with pancreatic involvement using shear wave …

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