title: Bidimensional shear wave ultrasound elastography with supersonic imaging to predict presence of oesophageal varices in cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.|Hepatology Unit, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Horia
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4034-5471
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stefanescu
authors.affiliation: Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Allegretti
authors.affiliation: Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Salvatore
authors.affiliation: Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8264-1845
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piscaglia
mesh_terms: D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis; D014463:Ultrasonography