Comparison of four elastographic methods for the assessment of liver stiffness in compensated HCV liver cirrhosis

Sporea, Ioan; Bende, Felix; Şirli, Roxana; Popescu, Alina; Dănilă, Mirela; Mare, Ruxandra; Stepan, AM; Lupușoru, Raluca

doi:10.1055/s-0036-1587862

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“…Similar to other ultrasound-based elastographic methods, the liver stiffness results obtained by 2D SWE.SSI may be influenced by food intake; some authors suggest that the values increase significantly in the first hour after food intake and decrease after 60 min after meal [16,17], while in other studies, these results were not reproduced [18], suggesting that maybe this method is less influenced by food intake. Nevertheless, while more studies are necessary to clarify this issue, the measurements should be performed in fasting condition to avoid any errors.…”

Section: Confounding Factorsmentioning

confidence: 54%

2D Shear Wave Elastography for Liver Fibrosis Evaluation

Popescu¹,

Şirli²,

Sporea³

2020

Ultrasound Elastography

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2D shear wave elastography is a technique embedded in ultrasound machines which allows the interrogation of the tissue by acoustic radiation force impulses induced into the tissues by focused ultrasonic beams and captures the propagation of resulting shear waves in real time. Elasticity is displayed using a color-coded image superimposed on a B-mode image, and at the same time, a quantitative estimation of liver stiffness (LS) can be performed in a certain region of interest (ROI). The published data showed a real value of this method for liver stiffness estimation in patients with chronic hepatitis. It has the following advantages: it is integrated into standard ultrasound systems; it is a real-time elastographic method; and it is also feasible in patients with ascites and with large and adjustable size of the ROI that will be evaluated.

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Section: Confounding Factorsmentioning

confidence: 54%