Comparison of superb microvascular imaging and shear wave elastography for assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B

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Title:	Comparison of superb microvascular imaging and shear wave elastography for assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B
Authors:	Mesude Tosun, Hande Uslu
Source:	Ultrasonography, Vol 41, Iss 2, Pp 394-402 (2022)
Publisher Information:	Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2022.
Publication Year:	2022
Collection:	LCC:Medical technology
Subject Terms:	liver cirrhosis, shear wave us elastography, superb microvascular imaging, vascularity score, chronic hepatitis b, inflammation, Medical technology, R855-855.5
More Details:	Purpose The present study investigated the effectiveness and applicability of superb microvascular imaging (SMI) in determining the degree of liver fibrosis noninvasively in comparison with shear wave elastography (SWE). Methods Ninety-eight consecutive patients with chronic hepatitis B who underwent ultrasound (US)-guided needle biopsy were examined using US combined with SMI and SWE. The predictive performance of the two US techniques in staging liver fibrosis and inflammation was compared with reference to the histological findings obtained from liver biopsy. The intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility of SMI in vascularity scores were evaluated. Results SWE values and SMI vascular scores were statistically significantly different among fibrosis stages (χ2(3)=76.3, χ2(3)=81.5, P
Document Type:	article
File Description:	electronic resource
Language:	English
ISSN:	2288-5919 2288-5943
Relation:	http://www.e-ultrasonography.org/upload/usg-21136.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2288-5919; https://doaj.org/toc/2288-5943
DOI:	10.14366/usg.21136
Access URL:	https://doaj.org/article/9f2ed02b66184eed9e52189bbfc5a726
Accession Number:	edsdoj.9f2ed02b66184eed9e52189bbfc5a726
Database:	Directory of Open Access Journals

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ISSN:	22885919 22885943
DOI:	10.14366/usg.21136
Published in:	Ultrasonography
Language:	English