ArticleBMC medical imaging2022
Evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with 2D shear wave elastography with propagation map guidance: a single-centre study.
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- The Use of Ultrasound-Based Elastography Techniques in Liver Fibrosis: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Does Hepatosteatosis Affect Shear-Wave Elastography Values in Chronic Hepatitis Patients with the Same Histological Fibrosis Grade?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Correlation analysis of Th1/Th2 cytokines and liver fibrosis indicators in chronic hepatitis B patients.Journal of medical biochemistry · 2026Article
- Paired liver-spleen high-frequency ultrasound deep learning network for full-stage liver fibrosis classification and clinical benefit compared with 2D-SWE in chronic hepatitis B cohort: a prospective multicenter study.Journal of gastroenterology · 2026Article
- [LncRNA Meg3 expression level is negatively correlated with liver fibrosis severity in patients with Wilson disease].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2025Article
- Modern ultrasound techniques for diagnosing liver steatosis and fibrosis: A systematic review with a focus on biopsy comparison.World journal of hepatology · 2025Article
- Comparison of IL-34, Elastography, and Biopsy in the Assessment of Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis B.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Progress and prospects of elastography techniques in the evaluation of fibrosis in chronic liver disease.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2024Article
- Prognostic Effects of Liver Fibrosis and Steatosis Determined Using Transient Elastography in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B or C.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2023Article
- Increased liver stiffness promotes hepatitis B progression by impairing innate immunity in CCl4-induced fibrotic HBVFrontiers in immunology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aims of this study were to evaluate liver fibrosis with two-dimensional (2D) shear wave elastography (SWE) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), to compare 2D-SWE with histopathology and to determine the change in liver stiffness values after antiviral therapy. MATERIAL AND
methodsA total of 253 patients with CHB were included in this prospective study. 2D-SWE with propagation map guidance to measure liver stiffness, fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4) and aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI) scoring and additional liver biopsy were performed in patients with CHB. Liver stiffness was measured again at 24 and 48 weeks in all patients. The Spearman rank correlation test was used to analyse the correlation between variables, and receiver operating curve analysis was used to evaluate the diagnostic performance in terms of fibrosis.
resultsLiver stiffness measurements made with 2D-SWE demonstrated a significant positive correlation with the fibrosis stage and FIB-4 score (r
conclusionIn conclusion, the measurement of liver stiffness with 2D-SWE has high diagnostic performance in the determination of hepatic fibrosis and can be used to evaluate the response to treatment in patients receiving antiviral therapy.
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