Comparison of 2-D Shear Wave Elastography and Transient Elastography for Assessing Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis B

Jie Zeng, Jian Zheng, Zeping Huang, Shigao Chen, Jing Liu, Tao Wu, Rongqin Zheng, Mingde Lu

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Abstract

This study compared 2-D shear wave elastography (SWE) and transient elastography (TE) for liver fibrosis staging in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection using liver biopsy as the reference standard. Patients with CHB infection who underwent liver biopsy were consecutively included. After exclusions, 257 patients were analyzed. Two-dimensional SWE resulted in a significantly higher rate of reliable measurements (98.1%, 252/257) than TE (93.0%, 239/257) (p = 0.011). Liver stiffness measurements of the two examinations exhibited a strong correlation (r = 0.835, p < 0.001). In patients given a confirmed histologic diagnosis, Spearman's rank coefficients were 0.520 in stage F0 (p < 0.001), 0.684 in stage F1 (p < 0.001), 0.777 in stage F2 (p < 0.001), 0.672 in stage F3 (p < 0.001) and 0.755 in stage F4 (p < 0.001). There were no significant differences between the areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of 2-D SWE and TE for liver fibrosis staging (all p values > 0.05). Two-dimensional SWE had diagnostic accuracy comparable to that of TE for liver fibrosis staging. The measurements that the two techniques provide are not interchangeable.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1563-1570
Number of pages8
JournalUltrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume43
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2017

Keywords

  • 2-D shear wave elastography
  • Hepatitis B
  • Liver fibrosis
  • Liver stiffness
  • Transient elastography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
  • Biophysics
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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