77615-3

Liver stiffness by US.transient elastography

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Term Description

Liver stiffness is measured in a non-invasive manner by vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE). VCTE uses an ultrasound transducer mounted on the axis of a mechanical vibrator. The vibrator induces a 50 Hz shear wave through the liver and ultrasounds are used to track the propagation of the shear wave and measure its speed of propagation into the liver. The speed is converted into stiffness using Hooke's law. Stiffness measurements are expressed in kPa. Clinical interpretation of liver stiffness values should always be in the hands of an expert clinician and should be made with full knowledge of patient demographics, disease etiology and essential laboratory parameters.
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Fully-Specified Name

Component: Liver stiffness
Property: Pres
Time: Pt
System: Abdomen>Liver
Scale: Qn
Method: US.transient elastography

Additional Names

Short Name: US.TE Liver stiffness

Basic Attributes

Class: RAD
Type: Clinical
First Released: Version 2.52
Last Updated: Version 2.73
Change Reason: Changed System from "Liver" for conformance with the LOINC/RadLex unified model.
Order vs. Observation: Both
Common Test Rank Get Info: 9609

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC Group	Group Name
LG41823-2	Region imaged: Abdomen

Language Variants Get Info

Tag	Language	Translation
es-MX	Spanish (Mexico)	Rigidez del hígado:Pres:Punto temporal:Abdomen> Hígado:Cuantitativo:US.transient elastography
it-IT	Italian (Italy)	Rigidità del fegato:Pres:Pt:Addome>Fegato:Qn:Ecografia.elastografia transitoria Synonyms: Addome e Eco Fegato Pressione Punto nel tempo (episodio) Radiologia
zh-CN	Chinese (China)	肝硬度:压力或压强:时间点:腹部>肝脏:定量型:超声.瞬时弹性成像 Synonyms: 压力;压强可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺成像;放射医学;放射学;显像时刻;随机;随意;瞬间肝肝脏硬度腹;肚子腹部（腹、肚子）+;腹部与腹部（腹、肚子）>肝脏（肝）超声.瞬时弹性成像术;超声.瞬时弹性成像法;超声.瞬时弹性成像技术超声检查方法;超声检查法;超声波;超声波检查方法;超声波检查法

Example Units

Unit	Source
kPa	Example UCUM Units

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