Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis Using Ultrasound‐Based Shear Wave Measurement and Comparison to Magnetic Resonance Elastography

• DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.9.1597
• Publication Date: 2014-08-25T22:00:56Z
• Authors: Heng Zhao; Jun Chen; Duane D. Meixner; Hua Xie; Vijay Shamdasani; Shiwei Zhou; Jean-Luc Robert; Matthew W. Urban; William Sanchez; Matthew R. Callstrom; Richard L. Ehman; James F. Greenleaf; Shigao Chen
• Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Elastography

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) has excellent performance in detecting liver fibrosis and is becoming an alternative to biopsy clinical practice. Ultrasound techniques based on measuring the propagation speed of shear waves induced by acoustic radiation force also have shown promising results for staging. The objective this study was compare ultrasound-based wave measurement MRE.