title: WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 3: liver.
abstract: The World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) has produced these guidelines for the use of elastography techniques in liver disease. For each available technique, the reproducibility, results, and limitations are analyzed, and recommendations are given. Finally, recommendations based on the international literature and the findings of the WFUMB expert group are established as answers to common questions. The document has a clinical perspective and is aimed at assessing the usefulness of elastography in the management of liver diseases.
authors: Ultrasound Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, School of Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
authors: Giovanna
authors: G
authors: Ferraioli
authors: Ultrasound Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, School of Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Filice
authors: Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, INSERM U 773 CRB3, Université Denis Diderot Paris-VII, Paris, France.
authors: Laurent
authors: L
authors: Castera
authors: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Byung Ihn
authors: BI
authors: Choi
authors: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania.
authors: Ioan
authors: I
authors: Sporea
authors: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors: Stephanie R
authors: SR
authors: Wilson
authors: Division of Radiology, Imperial and Kings Colleges, London, UK.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Cosgrove
authors: Med. Klinik 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
authors: Christoph F
authors: CF
authors: Dietrich
authors: Breast Center, 21 ave V. Hugo, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France.
authors: Dominique
authors: D
authors: Amy
authors: Joint Department of Physics, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
authors: Jeffrey C
authors: JC
authors: Bamber
authors: Department of Radiology, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio and Radiology Consultants Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, USA.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Barr
authors: Department of Radiology, Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Yi-Hong
authors: YH
authors: Chou
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Ding
authors: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Franziskus Hospital, Bielefeld, Germany.
authors: Andre
authors: A
authors: Farrokh
authors: Department of Internal Medicine 1, J. W. Goethe University Hospital, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors: Mireen
authors: M
authors: Friedrich-Rust
authors: Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
authors: Timothy J
authors: TJ
authors: Hall
authors: Department of General Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
authors: Kazutaka
authors: K
authors: Nakashima
authors: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors: Kathryn R
authors: KR
authors: Nightingale
authors: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors: Mark L
authors: ML
authors: Palmeri
authors: Department of Breast Imaging and Interventions, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus, Kiel, Germany.
authors: Fritz
authors: F
authors: Schafer
authors: Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Shiina
authors: Department of Endocrinology and Surgery, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan.
authors: Shinichi
authors: S
authors: Suzuki
authors: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: m-kudo@med.kindai.ac.jp.
authors: Masatoshi
authors: M
authors: Kudo
mesh_terms: D055119:Elastic Modulus; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D038622:Internationality; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D033081:Shear Strength; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
keywords: WFUMB; elastography; focal liver lesions; guidelines; liver; liver diseases; liver fibrosis; liver stiffness; shear wave elastography; strain elastography; transient elastography; ultrasound