ReviewAbdominal radiology (New York)2018
Ultrasound or MR elastography of liver: which one shall I use?
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) for the evaluation of fibrosis in patients with benign uterine disorders: a systematic review.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Pooled it
- Normal liver stiffness values measured with MR elastography and two-dimensional shear wave elastography in children aged 9-17 years.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Quantification of muscle morphology and stiffness in spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy versus typically developing controls using magnetic resonance elastography.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2026Article
- Quantifying mechanical and morphological properties of plantar foot soft tissues: a systematic review of techniques, methods and their clinimetric properties.BMC biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- The Importance of Hepatic Surveillance After Single-Ventricle Palliation: An Interventional Study Validating Liver Elastography.Pediatric cardiology · 2026Article
- Noninvasive liver fibrosis assessment in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.World journal of hepatology · 2026Review
- Liver Fibrosis and the Risks of Impaired Cognition and Dementia: Mechanisms, Evidence, and Clinical Implications.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Imaging-based fibrosis assessment and risk stratification in MASLD.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Role of elastography and dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the evaluation of pancreas transplantation rejection.European radiology · 2025Article
- Extracellular RNAs in Liquid Biopsy: Applications in MASLD and MASH Diagnosis and Monitoring.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effect of breath control on hepatic shear wave elasticity and dispersion in pediatric patients.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Impact of the Underutilization of Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography in MASLD Patients Without Insurance Coverage.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2025Article
- The new definition of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: the role of ultrasound and elastography.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Spleen stiffness in a healthy pediatric population undergoing liver magnetic resonance elastography.Pediatric radiology · 2025Article
- Attenuation Measuring Ultrasound Shearwave Elastography (AMUSE) as Noninvasive Imaging Biomarker for Liver Acute Cellular Rejection.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2025Article
- 3D vector MR elastography applications in small organs.Magnetic resonance imaging · 2024Review
- Liver stiffness measurement by magnetic resonance elastography predicts cirrhosis and decompensation in alcohol-related liver disease.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2024Article
- The Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Tissues during Activities of Daily Living: Dynamic Assessment Using Quantitative Transmission-Mode Ultrasound Techniques.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Tools Needed to Support Same-Day Diagnosis and Treatment of Current Hepatitis C Virus Infection.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Wavelet MRE: Imaging propagating broadband acoustic waves with wavelet-based motion-encoding gradients.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Liver stiffness is now a well-established noninvasive biomarker for assessing fibrosis in chronic liver disease. MRI-based and ultrasound-based dynamic elastography techniques have been introduced for assessment of liver stiffness and useful in clinical staging of hepatic fibrosis. Several different elastography techniques are now available with each method having inherent strengths and limitations. The published literature generally indicates that MR elastography has a higher diagnostic performance and fewer technical failures than ultrasound-based elastography techniques in assessing hepatic fibrosis. There is also significant potential to further develop elastography techniques to implement multiparametric methods that have promise for distinguishing between processes such as inflammation, fibrosis, venous congestion, and portal hypertension that can result in increased liver stiffness. In this commentary, we compare MR and ultrasound elastography methods and their utility in clinical practice.
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