08/09/2026
Snapshot | Different techniques for ultrasound liver elastography
The advent of vibration controlled transient elastography (VCTE or simply TE) with Fibroscan in 2003 – the first tool able to non-invasively quantify liver stiffness using ultrasound, thereby providing evidence of liver disease stage – can be considered a milestone in hepatology given the limitations of biopsy in terms of sampling and invasiveness. Here Piscaglia et al, review different techniques for ultrasound liver elastography.
https://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(18)32495-4/fulltext
