title: Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Diseases using 2D Shear Wave Elastography.
abstract: There has been great interest in the development of non-invasive techniques for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases, including ultrasound elastographic methods. Some of these methods have already been adequately studied for the non-invasive assessment of diffuse liver diseases. Others, however, such as two-dimensional Shear Wave Elastography (SWE), of more recent appearance, have yet to be validated and some aspects are for the moment incompletely elucidated. This review discusses some of the aspects related to two-dimensional SWE: the examination technique, the examination performance indicators, intra and interobserver agreement and clinical applications. Recommendations for a high-quality examination technique are formulated.
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. monica.lupsor@umfcluj.ro.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lupșor-Platon
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Radu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Badea
authors.affiliation: Radiology and Imaging Department, Emergency County Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Mirela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gersak
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Anca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maniu
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rusu
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suciu
authors.affiliation: Computer Science Department, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Technical University Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vicas
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Horia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stefănescu
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Radu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Urs
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca; Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Nadim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al Hajjar
mesh_terms: D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015588:Observer Variation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index