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Comparison of Various Elastographic Techniques for Liver Fibrosis Assessment

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Many ultrasound-based elastographic methods have been developed over the last decade with transient elastography (TE) being the first used for liver fibrosis assessment while later, point shear wave elastography (pSWE) and 2D-SWE were implemented in many ultrasound systems. Many studies used liver biopsy as “gold standard” for direct comparison between different elastographic methods. This chapter reviews the comparison studies between TE, pSWE, and 2D-SWE. In addition, comparative studies between ultrasound-based elastographic methods and magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) are discussed. Finally, advantages and limitations of the different elastographic methods are presented. In summary, many studies show similar feasibility and performance for the different ultrasound-based elastographic methods; however, different cutoff values should be used for the different systems. MRE seems to be superior to ultrasound-based techniques but is not yet readily available and expensive.

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Sporea, I. (2020). Comparison of Various Elastographic Techniques for Liver Fibrosis Assessment. In: Mueller, S. (eds) Liver Elastography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40542-7_45

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