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Reproducibility of 2 Liver 2-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastographic Techniques in the Fasting and Postprandial States.

Paul SimkinAnand RattansinghKuan LiuJohn M HudsonMostafa AtriHyun-Jung JangTae Kyoung KimKorosh Khalili
Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2018)
Our study showed that the 2D SWE techniques had a high degree of reliability and agreement in measurement of liver stiffness in a healthy population. Operator experience and the prandial state did not impart significant variability to stiffness measurements.
Keyphrases
  • blood glucose
  • insulin resistance
  • metabolic syndrome
  • skeletal muscle