Liver and spleen stiffness and their ratio assessed by real-time two dimensional-shear wave elastography in patients with liver fibrosis and cirrhosis due to chronic viral hepatitis

[1] Cosgrove D(2013)EFSUMB guidelines and recommendations on the clinical use of ultrasound elastography. Part 2: Clinical applications Ultraschall Med 34 238-253

[2] Piscaglia F(2011)Elastography for the diagnosis of severity of fibrosis in chronic liver disease: a meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy J Hepatol 54 650-659

[3] Bamber J(2013)EFSUMB guidelines and recommendations on the clinical use of ultrasound elastography. Part 1: Basic principles and technology Ultraschall Med 34 169-184

[4] Bojunga J(2013)Meta-analysis: ARFI elastography versus transient elastography for the evaluation of liver fibrosis Liver Int 33 1138-1147

[5] Correas J-M(2011)Noninvasive In Vivo Liver Fibrosis Evaluation Using Supersonic Shear Imaging: A Clinical Study on 113 Hepatitis C Virus Patients Ultrasound Med Biol 37 1361-1373

[6] Gilja OH(2012)Accuracy of real-time shear wave elastography for assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C: a pilot study Hepatology 56 2125-2133

[7] Tsochatzis E(2013)Acoustic radiation force impulse and supersonic shear imaging versus transient elastography for liver fibrosis assessment Ultrasound Med Biol 39 1933-1941

[8] Gurusamy K(2014)Which are the cut-off values of 2D-Shear Wave Elastography (2D-SWE) liver stiffness measurements predicting different stages of liver fibrosis, considering Transient Elastography (TE) as the reference method? Eur J Radiol 83 e118-e122

[9] Ntaoula S(2014)Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis with impulse elastography: Comparison of Supersonic Shear Imaging with ARFI and FibroScan® J Hepatol 61 550-557

[10] Cholongitas E(2014)Diagnostic accuracy of two-dimensional shear wave elastography for the non-invasive staging of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B: a cohort study with internal validation Eur Radiol 24 2572-2581

[1] Cosgrove D(2013)EFSUMB guidelines and recommendations on the clinical use of ultrasound elastography. Part 2: Clinical applications Ultraschall Med 34 238-253

[2] Piscaglia F(2011)Elastography for the diagnosis of severity of fibrosis in chronic liver disease: a meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy J Hepatol 54 650-659

[3] Bamber J(2013)EFSUMB guidelines and recommendations on the clinical use of ultrasound elastography. Part 1: Basic principles and technology Ultraschall Med 34 169-184

[4] Bojunga J(2013)Meta-analysis: ARFI elastography versus transient elastography for the evaluation of liver fibrosis Liver Int 33 1138-1147

[5] Correas J-M(2011)Noninvasive In Vivo Liver Fibrosis Evaluation Using Supersonic Shear Imaging: A Clinical Study on 113 Hepatitis C Virus Patients Ultrasound Med Biol 37 1361-1373

[6] Gilja OH(2012)Accuracy of real-time shear wave elastography for assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C: a pilot study Hepatology 56 2125-2133

[7] Tsochatzis E(2013)Acoustic radiation force impulse and supersonic shear imaging versus transient elastography for liver fibrosis assessment Ultrasound Med Biol 39 1933-1941

[8] Gurusamy K(2014)Which are the cut-off values of 2D-Shear Wave Elastography (2D-SWE) liver stiffness measurements predicting different stages of liver fibrosis, considering Transient Elastography (TE) as the reference method? Eur J Radiol 83 e118-e122

[9] Ntaoula S(2014)Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis with impulse elastography: Comparison of Supersonic Shear Imaging with ARFI and FibroScan® J Hepatol 61 550-557

[10] Cholongitas E(2014)Diagnostic accuracy of two-dimensional shear wave elastography for the non-invasive staging of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B: a cohort study with internal validation Eur Radiol 24 2572-2581