Comparison of the diagnostic performance of shear wave elastography with shear wave dispersion for pre-operative staging of hepatic fibrosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Abstract

Both SWE and SWD are useful, accurate and non-invasive methods for evaluating hepatic fibrosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma adapted to hepatectomy, SWE is a more accurate imaging modality than SWD in predicting severe fibrosis (S ≥ 3) and cirrhosis (S = 4).