Value of Doppler Sonography in Assessing the Progression of Chronic Viral Hepatitis and in the Diagnosis and Grading of Cirrhosis

Abstract

Doppler sonography is sensitive to hemodynamic alterations resulting from inflammation and fibrosis, and if sonography is the study of choice to follow the progression of hepatitis, it will not be adequate without Doppler imaging. Doppler sonography has high diagnostic accuracy in cirrhosis despite some false-positive conditions. However, it has a limited role in clinical grading.