Role of Point Shear Wave Elastography in the Determination of the Severity of Fibrosis in Pediatric Liver Diseases With Pathologic Correlations.

Mehmet Burak ÖzkanMeltem Ceyhan BilgiciEsra ErenGonul CaltepeGulay YilmazCengiz KaraSeda Gun

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

The VTQ and VTIQ values reveal high-grade histopathologic fibrosis and have high success rates when distinguishing high- from low-grade fibrosis. However, they have limited success rates when differentiating low-grade fibrosis from normal liver tissue.

Keyphrases

low grade
high grade
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
locally advanced
contrast enhanced
rectal cancer