Role of two-dimensional shear wave elastography in chronic liver diseases: A narrative review.

Role of two-dimensional shear wave elastography in chronic liver diseases: A narrative review.
World J Gastroenterol. 2018 Sep 14;24(34):3849-3860
Authors: Jeong JY, Cho YS, Sohn JH
Abstract
Liver biopsy is the gold standard for evaluating the degree of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. However, due to the many limitations of liver biopsy, there has been much interest in the use of noninvasive techniques for this purpose. Among these techniques real-time two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) has the advantage of measuring tissue elasticity with the guidance of B-mode images. Recently, many studies have been conducted on the application of 2D-SWE in patients with various liver diseases, and their validity has been confirmed. Here, we briefly discuss the role of 2D-SWE in patients with chronic liver diseases, particularly aspects of the examination techniques and clinical applications.
PMID: 30228779 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - September 14, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Jeong JY, Cho YS, Sohn JH Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research