Elastography in the Management of Liver Disease
| Autor: | Kevin J. Parker, R.M. Lerner, Edwin L. Carstensen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Liver Cirrhosis
medicine.medical_specialty Carcinoma Hepatocellular Cirrhosis Acoustics and Ultrasonics Biophysics Disease Medical care Liver disease Liver stiffness Liver tissue Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.diagnostic_test Viscosity business.industry Liver Neoplasms Cancer medicine.disease Elasticity Surgery Disease Progression Elasticity Imaging Techniques Radiology Elastography business |
| Zdroj: | Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 34:1535-1546 |
| ISSN: | 0301-5629 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.03.002 |
| Popis: | Normal liver tissue is soft and pliable. With inflammation, however, many of the cells die and are replaced by collagenous fibrils and the tissue gets stiffer. The progress is often slow-extending over decades in many cases. When liver stiffness increases by a factor of about five, the condition is called cirrhosis, a disease with serious medical implications. After the onset of cirrhosis, the probability of developing hepatic cancer increases at the rate of about 5% per year. Precise, noninvasive measurement of liver stiffness, a simple application of elastography, promises to be a safe, inexpensive method to monitor the progress of liver patients, improve outcome, save many lives and much suffering and reduce the cost of medical care. |
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