Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	16816
Country	Germany

Received	2015-01-29 21:18
Peer-Review Started	2015-02-10 08:49
To Make the First Decision	2015-03-10 17:42
Return for Revision	2015-03-16 09:00
Revised	2015-03-17 23:32
Second Decision	2015-04-14 09:29
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2015-04-14 17:44
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2015-04-17 18:15
Articles in Press	2015-04-17 18:15
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2015-06-09 18:30
Typeset the Manuscript	2015-07-06 15:28
Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-07-22 13:58

ISSN	1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Prospective Study
Article Title	Parameters affecting different acoustic radiation force impulse applications in the diagnosis of fibrotic liver changes
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Sabrina Galgenmueller, Heike Jaeger, Wolfgang Kratzer, Stefan A Schmidt, Suemeyra Oeztuerk, Mark M Haenle, Richard A Mason and Tilmann Graeter
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Wolfgang Kratzer, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany. wolfgang.kratzer@uniklinik-ulm.de
Key Words	Liver; Acoustic radiation force impulse; Elasticity imaging techniques; Reference standards; Ultrasonography; Virtual touch imaging and quantification; Virtual touch tissue quantification
Core Tip	Virtual touch tissue quantification (VTTQ) and virtual touch imaging and quantification (VTIQ) are two new elastographic techniques to estimate tissue stiffness. Both methods (VTTQ and VTIQ) allow a quantitative and non-invasive assessment of shear wave velocity. Shear wave speed quantification may be a diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of fibrotic liver changes. Therefore, standard values in healthy liver tissue must be generated. Objective of the present study is to analyze the VTTQ and VTIQ techniques. Additionally, possible factors that may influence VTTQ and VTIQ measurements were studied.
Publish Date	2015-07-22 13:58
Citation	Galgenmueller S, Jaeger H, Kratzer W, Schmidt SA, Oeztuerk S, Haenle MM, Mason RA, Graeter T. Parameters affecting different acoustic radiation force impulse applications in the diagnosis of fibrotic liver changes. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(27): 8425-8432
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i27/8425.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i27.8425

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