Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging—normal values of liver stiffness in healthy children

The mean values of liver stiffness assessed by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse elastography in normal subjects.

UNLABELLED The AIM of this paper is to establish the values of liver stiffness (LS) assessed by means of ARFI in patients without known liver pathology and considered healthy subjects. MATERIAL AND METHOD the study group was composed of 82 subjects without known liver pathology, healthy volunteers or patients from other departments of our hospital who did not have altered liver laboratory tes...

How efficient is acoustic radiation force impulse elastography for the evaluation of liver stiffness?

BACKGROUND In chronic liver diseases, a correct estimation of the severity of liver fibrosis is important for recommendations regarding the treatment. Nowadays, evaluation of fibrosis is done by noninvasive methods such as biochemical scores and transient elastography instead of liver biopsy. The lack of sensitivity to detect fibrosis, because of its heterogeneity is a drawback of liver biopsy ...

Liver cirrhosis noninvasive assessment with Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging.

Evaluation of spleen stiffness with acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI): a comparison with histology in the assessment of liver fibrosis

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of the liver: measurement of the normal mean values of the shearing wave velocity in a healthy liver.

AIM To find the normal mean values of the liver elasticity/stiffness by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Elastography in healthy subjects. MATERIAL AND METHOD This study was conducted on 137 healthy subjects without any known liver pathology or a history of jaundice by using the Siemens Acuson S2000TM Ultrasound machine with a convex probe . A routine ultrasound was also performed in e...