title: Ultrasonography of the liver. An update on new applications.
abstract: Sonography is highly useful in evaluating the patient with severe liver disease before and after the placement of a TIPS and before and after organ transplantation. Efforts to use ultrasound imaging to evaluate for primary and metastatic lesions to the liver have been reviewed. With its Doppler and color flow capabilities, ultrasound imaging will remain 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, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Abbitt
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014463:Ultrasonography