Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis using ARFI with pathological correlation, a prospective study

Introduction.ARFI is a new technique that uses acoustic push pulse to generate tissue displacement resulting in shear wave propagation, can be used to measure elasticity of tissue. We aim to assess feasibility of ARFI as a non-invasive method to measure liver fibrosis compared to histological fibros...

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Main Authors: Wan Wan Yap, MBChB, MRCS, Rathy Kirke, Eric M. Yoshida, David Owen, Alison C. Harris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119313456