title: Elastography Assessment of Liver Fibrosis: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference Statement.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Radiology, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH; †Southwoods Imaging, Boardman, OH; ‡Ultrasound Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; §Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC; ∥Center for Liver Diseases, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA; ¶Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CO; #VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT; **Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI; ††Department of Radiology, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC; ‡‡Division of Imaging, Diagnostics and Software Reliability, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD; §§Departments of Hepatology and ∥∥Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; ¶¶Departments of Imaging Science, Oncology, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; and ##Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferraioli
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Palmeri
authors.forename: Zachary D
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garcia-Tsao
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Garra
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Stephanie R
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authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Deborah
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authors.lastname: Rubens
authors.forename: Deborah
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authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000072177:Radiologists; D012955:Societies, Medical