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Objective To compare acoustic radiation force impulse(ARFI)and supersonic shear imaging (SWE) in diagnosis of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Methods Eighty patients with chronic hepatitis B having underwent ARFI and SWE examination were enrolled in this study.The elastic modulus E value(EI)was measured by SWE.The liver shear wave velocity(VTQ)was measured by ARFI.All patients underwent liver biopsy.The diagnostic values of SWE and ARFI for liver fibrosis were analyzed with Sperman correlation and the ROC curve.Results The values of EI and VTQ were increased with the pathological stage determined by liver biopsy and there were significantly differences(P<0.01).The correlation coefficient of SWE and ARFI was 0.651,P<0.01.The correlation coefficient of SWE, ARFI and pathological stage determined by liver biopsy were 0.784 and 0.683 and there were significant differences(P<0.01).The areas under ROC for diagnosing liver fibrosis≥S2,≥S3 and =S4 by using SWE were 0.912, 0.934 and 0.955 respectively and those by using ARFI were 0.870, 0.892 and 0.884. The sensitivity of ARFI in diagnosing liver fibrosis was similar with SWE, but SWE showed higher specificity (Z=8.756,P < 0.01; Z=10.802,P < 0.01; Z=15.871,P < 0.01). Conclusions Both SWE and ARFI can be effectively used in the evaluation of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B.The SWE technology has more advantages.
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ObjectiveToexplore the appearance ofmusclecrushinjuryatquantitative ultrasonographic elastography by supersonic shear imaging (SSI).MethodsThe animal experiment was done using a special balloon cuff device to create left hind leg crush injury with a force of 18.6 kPa.Twentythree New Zealand rabbits had crush injury of extremity and survived for 72 hours.SSI quantitative elastography was performed in crushed and no-crushed regions of each rabbit hind leg.Quantitative lesion elasticity was measured in terms of the Young modulus (in kilopascals) at 30 min,2 h,6 h,24 h and 72 h after the release of the crushing pressure.A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to assess diagnostic performance.ResultsThe area of crushed region in left hind leg accounted for 2.6％ -3.0％ of body surface area in 23 rabbits.The crushed regions exhibited maximum elasticity values of (19.51 ± 6.74)kPa,(21.47 ± 5.54) Pa,(11.36 ± 5.35)kPa,(15.09 ± 3.31)kPa and (13.72 ± 3.74) kPa,and mean elasticity values of (12.44 ± 3.77)kPa,(13.20 ± 3.60)kPa,(6.80±2.86)kPa,(10.04 ± 2.95)kPa and (6.94 ± 0.97)kPa at 30 min,2 h,6 h,24 h and 72 h after the release of the crushing pressure.Comparing with those of no-crushed regions,they were higher obviously (P＜0.001).ROC curves showed that extremity crush injury was diagnosed by using elasticity value,and the greater the elasticity value,the greater the diagnostic value.Conclusions SSI provides quantitative elasticity measurements,thus adding complementary information that potentially could help in crush injury characterization with conventional ultrasonography.