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liver elastography

how do you convert to Kpa the ff result

arfi tissue quantification of the right lobe of the liver showed a mean shear wave velocity of 1.7m/s

the arfi values ranged from 1.47 to 1.92 m/s through the right intercostals and 1.43 m/s to 1.97 m/s through the right subcostal.


cannot find any answer in google. :(
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it doesn t make sense to refer to biopsy results

you have liver damage and it would be good to start therapy, find an expert doctor especially for reading arfi results.ther is damage for sure, check study link below

http://www.annalsofhepatology.com/revista/numeros/2013/13_134_v12n4_2013_NonInvasive.pdf
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what is the meaning of this reading? f1 or f2?
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Its not f0, mine is around 1 and arfi scale is very short
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