Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis Using Ultrasound-Based Shear Wave Measurement and Comparison to Magnetic Resonance Elastography

摘要

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) has excellent performance in detecting liver fibrosis and is becoming an alternative to liver biopsy in clinical practice. Ultrasound techniques based on measuring the propagation speed of the shear waves induced by acoustic radiation force also have shown promising results for liver fibrosis staging. The objective of this study was to compare ultrasound-based shear wave measurement to MRE.