Non-Invasive Staging of Liver Fibrosis with ShearWaveTM Elastography Imaging

ShearWaveTM Elastography Accurately Assesses Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B

Evolving strategies for liver fibrosis staging: Non-invasive assessment

Transient elastography and the acoustic radiation force impulse techniques may play a pivotal role in the study of liver fibrosis. Some studies have shown that elastography can detect both the progression and regression of fibrosis. Similarly, research results have been analysed and direct and indirect serum markers of hepatic fibrosis have shown high diagnostic accuracy for advanced fibrosis/c...

Review of diagnostic techniques of hepatic fibrosis.

With increasing innovations aimed at the treatment of chronic liver disease (CLD), the precise staging of liver fibrosis is important to help establish efficacious management of disease activity in each patient. The development of biomarkers capable of non-invasive staging of fibrosis in the liver is challenging as fibrogenesis is a part of the normal wound healing response. There is an array o...

Laboratory diagnostics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Owing to the high prevalence and associated complications of liver fibrosis, of any etiology, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), both have become important public health issues. Liver biopsy is considered the gold standard for diagnosis and staging of liver fibrosis, as well as NAFLD. Recent studies have discovered and validated several non-invasive biochemical biomarkers and imaging...

Biopsy-Controlled Liver Fibrosis Staging Using the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) Score Compared to Transient Elastography

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Chronic liver diseases are characterized by inflammatory and fibrotic liver injuries that often result in liver cirrhosis with its associated complications such as portal hypertension and hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver biopsy still represents the reference standard for fibrosis staging, although transient elastography is increasingly used for non-invasive monitoring of fibr...