JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2012, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (2): 114-116.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2012.02.011

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The preliminary study of spleen shear wave velocity measured by virtual touch tissue quantification technique in assessment of liver fibrosis stage in patients with chronic hepatitis B and liver cirrhosis

Zhang Chunlin, Tong Qingping, Luo Fucheng, et al.   

  1. Department of Ultrasound,105th Hospital of PLA,Anhui Medical University,Hefei 230031,China
  • Received:2012-01-05 Online:2012-04-10 Published:2017-03-07

Abstract: Objective The virtual touch tissue quantification(VTQ) technique was used to measure spleen shear wave velocity(SWV) for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Method 51 patients with chronic hepatitis B,39 with liver cirrhosis and 32 healthy persons were included and their values of SWV in regions of interest of spleen were performed by VTQ technique. Result The values of SWV were 2.0±0.2,2.3±0.4 and 3.1±0.5,respectively in healthy persons,patients with hepatitis B and liver cirrhosis,and they were significantly different among the three groups(P=0.000);The SWV values increased as the severity of liver fibrosis progressed. Conclusion The VTQ technique could quantitatively reflect the SWV values and noninvasively evaluate the spleen stiffness,which might be an alternative assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis B.

Key words: Hepatitis B, Liver fibrosis, Virtual touch tissue quantification technique, Shear wave velocity