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Z Gastroenterol 2017; 55(02): 153-166
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-117226
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© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Shear wave elastography of the liver – review on normal values

Scherwellenelastografie der Leber, eine Normwertanalyse
Yi Dong
1   Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
,
Roxana Sirli
2   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania
,
Giovanna Ferraioli
3   Ultrasound Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
,
Ioan Sporea
2   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Timisoara, Romania
,
Liliana Chiorean
4   Department of Medical Imaging, des Cévennes Clinic, Annonay, France and Caritas Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
,
Xinwu Cui
5   Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
,
Mei Fan
6   Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzou University, Zhengzfou, China
,
Wen-Ping Wang
1   Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
,
Odd Helge Gilja
7   National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
,
Paul S. Sidhu
8   Department of Radiology, King's College London, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London
,
Christoph F. Dietrich
9   Medizinische Klinik 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Germany. Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Abstract

Shear wave elastography (SWE) has been developed to non-invasively estimate liver stiffness. Different techniques are available and they are described in detail in the EFSUMB guidelines on elastography. However, there are only a few published studies investigating normal ranges in healthy subjects by comparing different equipment and analysing influencing factors. In the present review, we summarize the impact factors on liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using SWE, report its reproducibility, and define normal range tables of LSM in healthy subjects for clinical practice according to the published literature.

Zusammenfassung

Die Scherwellenelastografie hat sich als nicht invasive Methode zur Leberfibrosediagnostik etabliert. Verschiedene Methoden wurden beschrieben und sind in den EFSUMB-Leitlinien zusammengefasst. Allerdings gibt es nur wenige Informationen zu der Vergleichbarkeit von Normwerten verschiedener Ultraschallgeräte. In der hier vorgestellten Übersichtsarbeit werden Normwerte, Reproduzierbar- sowie Vergleichbarkeit anhand der publizierten Literatur analysiert, zusammengefasst und diskutiert.

Schlüsselwörter

Schwerwellenelastografie (SWE) - Lebersteifigkeit - gesund - Leitlinien - Normwerte

Key words

shear wave elastography (SWE) - liver stiffness measurement (LSM) - healthy - guidelines - normal values
 

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