Evaluation of Transient Elastography, Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging (ARFI), and Enhanced Liver Function (ELF) Score for Detection of Fibrosis in Morbidly Obese Patients

ELF score ≥9.8 indicates advanced hepatic fibrosis and is influenced by age, steatosis and histological activity

(2015) Kevin J. Fagan et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Measurement of liver stiffness as a non-invasive method for diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

(2014) Kentaro Yoshioka et al.   HEPATOLOGY RESEARCH

The Diagnostic Accuracy of Transient Elastography for the Diagnosis of Liver Fibrosis in Bariatric Surgery Candidates with Suspected NAFLD

(2014) Sylvie Naveau et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Non-Invasive Assessment of Hepatic Steatosis in Patients with NAFLD Using Controlled Attenuation Parameter and 1H-MR Spectroscopy

(2014) Thomas Karlas et al.   PLoS One

Liver Biopsy at the Time of Bariatric Surgery: A Benefit for Patients and the Medical Community

(2014) Elizabeth Verna   SEMINARS IN LIVER DISEASE

Gastrointestinal complications of obesity: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its sequelae

(2013) Thomas Karlas et al.   BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Influence of different frequencies and insertion depths on the diagnostic accuracy of liver elastography by acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI)

(2013) Andrej Potthoff et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

The efficiency of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for the staging of liver fibrosis: a meta-analysis

(2013) Julia Nierhoff et al.   EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: non-invasive investigation and risk stratification

(2013) J K Dyson et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Bariatric surgery for curing NASH in the morbidly obese?

(2013) Guillaume Lassailly et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

The Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) score: Normal values, influence factors and proposed cut-off values

(2013) Ralf Lichtinghagen et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Update on ultrasound imaging of liver fibrosis

(2013) Annalisa Berzigotti et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Using non-invasive biomarkers to identify hepatic fibrosis in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Edinburgh type 2 diabetes study

(2013) Joanne R. Morling et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Meta-analysis: ARFI elastography versus transient elastography for the evaluation of liver fibrosis

(2013) Simona Bota et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography.Part 2: Clinical Applications

(2013) D. Cosgrove et al.   ULTRASCHALL IN DER MEDIZIN

Liver Stiffness Measurement Using XL Probe in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

(2012) Vincent Wai-Sun Wong et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Detection of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in patients with morbid obesity before bariatric surgery: preliminary evaluation with acoustic radiation force impulse imaging

(2012) F. Guzmán-Aroca et al.   EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY

Noninvasive Methods to Assess Liver Disease in Patients With Hepatitis B or C

(2012) Laurent Castera   GASTROENTEROLOGY

The diagnosis and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Gastroenterological Association

(2012) Naga Chalasani et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Determination of reliability criteria for liver stiffness evaluation by transient elastography

(2012) Jérôme Boursier et al.   HEPATOLOGY

ARFI, FibroScan®, ELF, and their combinations in the assessment of liver fibrosis: A prospective study

(2012) Gonzalo Crespo et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Pathologic Patterns and Biopsy Evaluation in Clinical Research

(2012) David Kleiner et al.   SEMINARS IN LIVER DISEASE

Factors Which Influence the Accuracy of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Elastography for the Diagnosis of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

(2012) Simona Bota et al.   ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Feasibility and diagnostic performance of the FibroScan XL probe for liver stiffness measurement in overweight and obese patients

(2011) Robert P. Myers et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Evidence-based German guidelines for surgery for obesity

(2011) Norbert Runkel et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COLORECTAL DISEASE

Performance of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse imaging for the staging of liver fibrosis: a pooled meta-analysis

(2011) M. Friedrich-Rust et al.   JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) for non-invasive detection of liver fibrosis: examination standards and evaluation of interlobe differences in healthy subjects and chronic liver disease

(2011) Thomas Karlas et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Biopsy and non-invasive methods for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis: does it take two to tango?

(2010) L. Castera et al.   GUT

Diagnosis of fibrosis and cirrhosis using liver stiffness measurement in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

(2009) Vincent Wai-Sun Wong et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Performance of ELF Serum Markers in Predicting Fibrosis Stage in Pediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

(2008) Valerio Nobili et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY