Evaluation of Liver, Kidney, and Spleen Elasticity in Healthy Newborns and Infants Using Shear Wave Elastography.

Figen Bakirtas PalabiyikErcan InciRustu TurkayDerya Bas

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2017)

Shear wave elastography can be used to measure liver, kidney, and spleen elasticity in newborns and infants. The standard values for abdominal organs allow differentiation of healthy versus pathological tissue. We measured the normal values of SWE in healthy newborns and infants as reference data.

Keyphrases

pregnant women
gestational age
low birth weight
cord blood
preterm infants
electronic health record
machine learning
deep learning