Deep attenuation transducer to measure liver stiffness in obese patients with liver disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Deep attenuation transducers (DAX) are capable of imaging at diagnostic depths of up to 40 cm. The feasibility of DAX for liver stiffness measurement (LSM) has not been reported clinically. We aimed to assess the feasibility and reliability of DAX for LSM.

Methods

Overall, 219 patients with chronic liver disease were enrolled. The success rate (acquired after ≥ 10 valid measurements) and inadequate measurements (interquartile range/median ≥ 0.3) for DAX were compared with those of conventional convex (c-convex) probes and M and XL probes of vibration-controlled transient elastography.

Results

LSM was successfully performed for all patients using DAX through all degrees of skin-to-liver capsular distance (SCD). Especially in patients with an SCD ≥ 30 mm, the di

SUBMITTER: Hirooka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10899308 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature