title: Ultrasonography. Update on liver technique.
abstract: Sonography is very useful in the evaluation of the patient with severe liver disease before and after the placement of a TIPS, and before and after organ transplantation. Efforts to use ultrasound to evaluate for primary and metastatic lesions to the liver have been reviewed. With its Doppler and color flow capabilities, ultrasound remains an important modality for hepatic imaging, especially in the evaluation of portal vein patency and hepatic artery thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Abbitt
mesh_terms: D006504:Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods