Ultrasound elastography: General and technical overview

Diagnostic Methods for Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of all major diagnostic techniques used in the assessment of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. It reviews the most significant advances of the past decade in both invasive gold-standard methods (such as hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measurement, liver biopsy, and endoscopy) and non-invasive methods (including serum fibrosis markers, ultrasound and Doppler techniques, elastography (ultrasound and MRI), CT, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and other imaging modalities). The book begins with an overview of the clinical needs and disease staging, then provides detailed discussions of each diagnostic approach, and concludes with special sections on diagnostic methods in non-cirrhotic causes of portal hypertension (e.g., Budd-Chiari Syndrome, portal vein thrombosis, idiopathic portal hypertension) and in pediatric cases. Written by international experts, it places special emphasis on emerging non-invasive techniques that show promise in both research and clinical practice