Chronic liver disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and usually
develops over many years, as a result of chronic inflammation and scarring, resulting in end …

With the recent Food and Drug Administration approval for quantification using ultrasound
elastography, these techniques are rapidly gaining acceptance for many clinical …

OBJECTIVES: Although liver biopsy is the gold standard for determining the degree of liver
fibrosis, issues regarding its invasiveness and the small amount of liver tissue evaluated can …

Purpose To evaluate CT texture analysis (CTTA) for staging of hepatic fibrosis (stages F0–
F4) Methods Quantitative texture analysis (QTA) of the liver was performed on abdominal …

Assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is considered a
relevant part of patient care and key for decision making. Although liver biopsy has been …

Physicians have used palpation as a diagnostic examination to understand the elastic
properties of pathology for a long time since they realized that tissue stiffness is closely …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal minimum number of liver
stiffness measurements on shear wave elastography (SWE) and to evaluate the frequency of …

Changes in biomechanical properties of biological soft tissues are often associated with
physiological dysfunctions. Since biological soft tissues are hydrated, viscoelasticity is likely …

Our study compared three elastographic methods—transient elastography (TE), acoustic
radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging and supersonic shear imaging (SSI)—with respect to …

Staging of liver fibrosis is crucial in the management of patients with chronic liver diseases
(CLD) since fibrosis severity influences the prognosis and treatment options. An early …