Liver elasticity in healthy individuals by two novel shear-wave elastography systems—Comparison by age, gender, BMI and number of measurements

Abstract

LSM was performed with high reproducibility in healthy adult livers. LSM-mean was significantly higher for GE S8 2D-SWE compared to Samsung RS80A and TE in healthy livers. Males had higher LSM than females. No method demonstrated statistical significant difference in LSM-mean across age- and non-obese BMI groups. Our results indicate that five LSM may be sufficient for reliable results.