ArticleEuropean radiology2017
Liver stiffness measurements with supersonic shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of biliary atresia: a comparative study with grey-scale US.
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- The diagnostic performance of ultrasound features for biliary atresia: a systematic review and updated meta-analysis.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Pooled it
- Use of shear wave elastography for the diagnosis and follow-up of biliary atresia: A meta-analysis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2022Pooled it
- The diagnostic performance of ultrasound elastography for biliary atresia: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of two-dimensional shear wave elastography in detecting hepatic fibrosis in children with autoimmune hepatitis, biliary atresia and other chronic liver diseases.Pediatric radiology · 2021Pooled it
- Practical approach to imaging diagnosis of biliary atresia, Part 1: prenatal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, and postnatal ultrasound.Pediatric radiology · 2021Pooled it
- Technical performance of shear wave elastography for measuring liver stiffness in pediatric and adolescent patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European radiology · 2019Pooled it
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- Pre- and Immediate Post-Kasai Portoenterostomy Shear Wave Elastography for Predicting Hepatic Fibrosis and Native Liver Outcomes in Patients With Biliary Atresia.Korean journal of radiology · 2023Article
- Clinical study of the value of shear wave elastography in evaluating the degree of liver fibrosis in children.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2023Article
- A novel prediction tool based on shear wave elastography, gallbladder ultrasound, and serum biomarkers for the early diagnosis of biliary atresia in infants younger than 60 days old.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Is the diagnostic model based on convolutional neural network superior to pediatric radiologists in the ultrasonic diagnosis of biliary atresia?Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Diagnostic Efficacy of Advanced Ultrasonography Imaging Techniques in Infants with Biliary Atresia (BA): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- [Diagnostic Imaging of Biliary Atresia].Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology · 2022Review
- Ultrasound elastography in the diagnosis of biliary atresia in pediatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test.Translational pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo prospectively assess the diagnostic performance of supersonic shear wave elastography (SSWE) in identifying biliary atresia (BA) among infants with conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia by comparing this approach with grey-scale ultrasonography (US).
methodsForty infants were analysed as the control group to determine normal liver stiffness values. The use of SSWE values for identifying BA was investigated in 172 infants suspected of having BA, and results were compared with the results obtained by grey-scale US. The Mann-Whitney U test, unpaired t-test, Spearman correlation and linear regression were also performed.
resultsThe success rates of SSWE measurements in the control and study group were 100% (40/40) and 96.4% (244/253), respectively. Age, direct bilirubin, and indirect bilirubin all significantly correlated with SSWE in the liver (all P < 0.001). Linear regression showed that age had a greater effect on SSWE values than direct or indirect bilirubin. The diagnostic performance of liver stiffness values in identifying BA was lower than that of grey-scale US (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUC], 0.790 vs 0.893, P < 0.001).
conclusionsSSWE is feasible and valuable in differentiating BA from non-BA. However, its diagnostic performance does not exceed that of grey-scale US. KEY POINTS: • SSWE could be successfully performed in an infant population. • For infants, the liver stiffness will increase as age increases. • SSWE is potentially useful in assessing infants suspected of biliary atresia. • SSWE is inferior to grey-scale US in identifying biliary atresia.
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