Chronic pancreatitis is a multifactorial, fibroinflammatory syndrome in which repetitive
episodes of pancreatic inflammation lead to extensive fibrotic tissue replacement, resulting …

Chronic pancreatitis is a clinical entity that results from the progressive inflammation and
irreversible fibrosis of the pancreas resulting from the cumulative injury sustained by the …

This manuscript describes the use of ultrasound elastography, with the exception of liver
applications, and represents an update of the 2013 EFSUMB (European Federation of …

Background Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive inflammatory disorder currently
diagnosed by morphologic features. In contrast, an accurate diagnosis of Early CP is not …

Methods Between June 2018 and December 2018, 52 patients who underwent EUS and
EUS-SWM were classified into two groups according to RC non-CP (indeterminate CP and …

Background Early detection and classification of chronic pancreatitis (CP) are both important
and challenging. Purpose To investigate the diagnostic performance of MR elastography …

Ultrasound elastography (USE) of the pancreas allows pancreatic tissue stiffness
assessment by virtual palpation. Two main types of USE are used. For the pancreas strain …

Purpose To assess the feasibility and the clinical usefulness of a newly developed
endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) shear-wave elastography technique (EUS shear-wave …

Abstract Background and Aim Chronic pancreatitis (CP) leads to permanent impairment of
exocrine and endocrine functions. The endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)‐based …

Objectives The aim of this study was to determine whether computer-assisted digital
analysis and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging were useful for assessing …