Visualizing the hepatic vascular architecture using superb microvascular imaging in patients with hepatitis C virus: A novel technique.

CONCLUSION: SMI permitted the detailed delineation of the vascular architecture in chronic liver disease. SMI appears to be a reliable tool for noninvasively detecting significant fibrosis or cirrhosis in HCV patients.
PMID: 27468197 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology - July 13, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Kuroda H, Abe T, Kakisaka K, Fujiwara Y, Yoshida Y, Miyasaka A, Ishida K, Ishida H, Sugai T, Takikawa Y Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research