Clinical utilization of shear wave dispersion imaging in diffuse liver disease
- Author:
Katsutoshi SUGIMOTO
1
;
Fuminori MORIYASU
;
Hisashi OSHIRO
;
Hirohito TAKEUCHI
;
Yu YOSHIMASU
;
Yoshitaka KASAI
;
Takao ITOI
Author Information
- Publication Type:2
- From: Ultrasonography 2020;39(1):3-10
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Abstract: Shear wave (SW) dispersion imaging is a newly developed imaging technology for assessing the dispersion slope of SWs, which is related to tissue viscosity in diffuse liver disease. Our preclinical and preliminary clinical studies have shown that SW speed is more useful than dispersion slope for predicting the degree of fibrosis and that dispersion slope is more useful than SW speed for predicting the degree of necroinflammation. Thus, dispersion slope, which reflects viscosity, may provide additional pathophysiological insight into diffuse liver disease.
