Conventional imaging techniques cannot provide information about tissue mechanical
properties. Many injuries can cause changes in tissue stiffness, especially tumors and …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of the article is to review the diagnostic performance of ultra-
sound and MR elastography techniques for detection and staging of liver fibrosis, the main …

We present here the first update of the 2013 EFSUMB (European Federation of Societies for
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology) Guidelines and Recommendations on the clinical use …

Abstract The World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) has
produced these guidelines for the use of elastography techniques in liver disease. For each …

The clinical part of these Guidelines and Recommendations produced under the auspices of
the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology EFSUMB …

Real-time shear wave elastography (SWE) is a novel, noninvasive method to assess liver
fibrosis by measuring liver stiffness. This single-center study was conducted to assess the …

Purpose To document utility of shear-wave (SW) elastography for assessing liver fibrosis in
chronic hepatitis B and to compare its performance with that of transient elastography …

Objectives Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging is an ultrasound-based
elastography method that is integrated into a conventional ultrasound machine. A meta …

We present here the first update of the 2013 EFSUMB (European Federation of Societies for
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology) Guidelines and Recommendations on the clinical use …

AIM: To estimate the validity of the point shear-wave elastography method by evaluating its
reproducibility and accuracy for assessing liver stiffness. METHODS: This was a single …