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Ultrasound-based Liver Elastography
Ultrasound-based liver elastography is a noninvasive test to evaluate tissue stiffness due to underlying liver disease. Using Shear Wave technology, elastography allows your doctors to determine your risk of liver fibrosis (scarring) and track response to treatment for liver disease. Ultrasound elastography allows us to evaluate the liver for masses or changes of cirrhosis and provides an alternative to liver needle biopsy.
Medications can be taken as usual, unless otherwise directed by your doctor.
You should wear loose, comfortable clothing and nothing to eat or drink for 6-8 hours.
For the exam, you will be lying down on a table and may be asked to change or remove some clothing . The sonographer will ensure you are covered for your privacy. You will be comfortably positioned on the examination table by a technologist. The ultrasound technologist will apply gel on your skin and firmly place a transducer against the part of your body to be examined. You may feel mild pressure from the back and forth motion of the transducer. After the necessary images are obtained, the examination is complete. Depending on the type of exam, the entire exam is typically completed in 20 to 45 minutes.
You can resume normal activities after having an ultrasound. After your ultrasound, your images will be reviewed and reported on by a radiologist, and the results will be sent to your doctor.
Ultrasound liver elastography is a non-invasive imaging technique used to assess the stiffness or elasticity of the liver. This method helps to evaluate liver health by measuring how fast a low-frequency sound wave travels through the liver tissue. Stiffer liver tissue often indicates liver damage, such as fibrosis or cirrhosis. The procedure is quick, painless, and commonly used to monitor liver conditions like chronic hepatitis or fatty liver disease.