ArticleJournal of clinical medicine research2016
Ultrasound Elastography Used for Preventive Non-Invasive Screening in Early Detection of Liver Fibrosis.
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- Laser-generated focused ultrasound transducer using a perforated photoacoustic lens for tissue characterization.Biomedical optics express · 2021Article
- Non-Invasive Reliable Methods to Objectify the Positive Influence of Hepatitis C Virus Treatment on Liver Stiffness.Gastroenterology research · 2021Article
- Point shear wave elastography predicts fibrosis severity and steatohepatitis in alcohol-related liver disease.Hepatology international · 2020Article
- Significant decrease in liver stiffness detected by two dimensional shear-wave elastography after treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents in patients with chronic Hepatitis C.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Shear wave elastography correlates with liver fibrosis scores in pediatric patients with liver disease.Pediatric radiology · 2019Article
- Principles of ultrasound elastography.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2018Review
- Limitations and artifacts in shear-wave elastography of the liver.Biomedical engineering letters · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundEarly discovery of liver fibrosis is becoming more popular because of enhanced incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma. Ultrasound-based liver elastography is a method used to approve suspected liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. We assessed the clinical usefulness of acoustic radiation force impulse shear wave elasticity imaging (ARFI-SWEI) as a preventive screening method to uncover fibrosis.
methodsWe screened 382 patients by native routine sonography for abnormal liver results and divided them into six groups: group 1: normal liver, groups 2-4: fatty liver grade I-III, group 5: liver cirrhosis, and group 6: inhomogenic liver tissue. Then ARFI-SWEI was performed and the results were compared with published shear wave velocity cut-off values that were predictive of each fibrosis stage (F0-4). A control group consisted of 20 healthy volunteers.
resultsThe part of liver fibrosis ≥ F2 was in groups 1-4: 20-32%, group 5: 100%, and group 6: 91%. Main causes for fibrosis stage ≥ F2 were (non)-alcoholic steatohepatitis, chronic viral or autoimmune hepatitis and chronic heart failure.
conclusionsScreening of the liver tissue in b-mode ultrasound can underestimate possible liver fibrosis; by using ARFI-SWEI, liver fibrosis can be uncovered early. It is a suitable preventive method comparable to colonoscopy for colon cancer.
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