METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF TREATMENT EFFICACY IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS

摘要

A method for assessment of the treatment efficacy in the patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis provides for ultrasonic examination in B mode. Prior to and after treatment, elastography of the shear wave is assessed. When the hardness of the tissue of liver (in kilopascal) decreases, the treatment efficacy is considered as positive.