SynthesisJournal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine2019
Diagnostic Accuracy of 2-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography for the Staging of Liver Fibrosis: A Meta-analysis.
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- Performance of two-dimensional shear wave elastography for detecting advanced liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with biliary atresia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric radiology · 2023Pooled it
- The Use of Ultrasound-Based Elastography Techniques in Liver Fibrosis: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Influence of airway pressure and fibrosis on lung surface shear wave elastography.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2026Article
- Imaging Evaluation for Steatotic Liver Disease.Korean journal of radiology · 2026Review
- Evaluation of liver fibrosis using diffusion-weighted virtual magnetic resonance elastography and ultrasound elastography.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Iron Overload.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2025Article
- Two-Dimensional Shear-Wave Elastography: Accuracy in Liver Fibrosis Staging Using Magnetic Resonance Elastography as the Reference Standard.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Clinical Significance of Liver MR Imaging.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2023Review
- Combining hepatic surface nodularity and serum tests better predicts hepatic fibrosis stages in chronic liver disease.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2021Article
- A New Multimodel Machine Learning Framework to Improve Hepatic Fibrosis Grading Using Ultrasound Elastography Systems from Different Vendors.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2020Article
- Elastography-based screening for esophageal varices in patients with advanced chronic liver disease.World journal of gastroenterology · 2019Review
- The Role of Elastography in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Current health sciences journalArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the overall accuracy of 2-dimensional shear wave elastography (SWE) for the staging of liver fibrosis.
methodsLiterature databases and conference abstracts were searched from 2000 to September 2017. Sensitivity, specificity, and other information were extracted from the included studies. Methodological quality was assessed with Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2 tools. Data were synthesized by a bivariate hierarchical model.
resultsThe summary sensitivity and specificity were 0.85 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.80-0.89) and 0.79 (95% CI, 0.72-0.85) for fibrosis stage F≥2, 0.90 (95% CI, 0.87-0.93) and 0.85 (95% CI, 0.80-0.89) for F≥3, and 0.89 (95% CI, 0.84-0.93) and 0.92 (95% CI, 0.89-0.95) for F=4, respectively. The areas under the summary receiver operating characteristic curve for F≥2, F≥3, and F=4 was 0.81, 0.77, and 0.84.
conclusionsTwo-dimensional SWE is a good noninvasive method for the diagnosis of substantial liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. Further studies are needed to assess severe fibrosis and to perform head-to-head comparisons of 2-dimensional SWE and other imaging modalities for the evaluation of liver fibrosis.
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