Title :
Evaluating hepatic fibrosis in rat liver by using ultrasound elastography: Comparison between model-dependent and model-independent approaches
Author :
Haoming Lin; Xinyu Zhang; Xin Chen; Yanrong Guo; Yuanyuan Shen; Xianfen Diao; Chien Ting Chin; Tianfu Wang; Siping Chen; Yi Zheng
Author_Institution :
Med., Shenzhen Univ., Shenzhen, China
Abstract :
This study investigated the model-dependent and model-independent parameters of liver fibrosis in a rat model and evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of both approaches for staging liver fibrosis.
Keywords :
"Biological system modeling","Biomechanics","Ultrasonic variables measurement"
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2015 IEEE International
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2015.0478
