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Advanced ultrasound imaging for noninvasive assessment of liver stiffness
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Liver elastography is a specialized ultrasound exam used to evaluate liver stiffness, which can increase as a result of chronic liver disease and fibrosis (scarring). The liver plays a critical role in essential metabolic and biochemical processes, and monitoring changes in liver tissue is important for managing long-term liver conditions.
Elastography provides valuable information to help assess disease progression and support clinical decision-making.
Shear wave elastography is a safe, painless, and noninvasive ultrasound technique that uses focused sound waves to generate shear waves within the liver. The ultrasound system measures the speed at which these waves travel through the tissue to calculate liver stiffness.
This technology allows physicians to assess and monitor fibrotic changes over time and may reduce the need for invasive liver biopsies.
Assess liver stiffness and fibrosis
Monitor progression of chronic liver disease
Support staging of fibrotic changes
Assist in treatment planning and management
Reduce the need for invasive biopsy procedures
Elastography uses no ionizing radiation and is considered safe for repeated follow-up examinations when clinically indicated.
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