Application of a quality threshold to improve liver shear wave elastography measurements in free-breathing pediatric patients.
Jisoo KimNaohisa KamiyamaShunichiro TanigawaHaesung YoonHyun Ji LimMi-Jung Lee
Published in: Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) (2024)
Applying QT to exclude low-quality pixels can minimize measurement error and improve differentiation of liver fibrosis grades. The presence of an artificial stripe pattern on the SWE map may indicate images requiring exclusion.