Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	6337
Country	China

Received	2013-10-13 23:36
Peer-Review Started	2013-10-14 09:10
To Make the First Decision	2014-01-12 11:03
Return for Revision	2014-01-15 18:35
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Second Decision	2014-05-19 10:54
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-05-19 11:33
Articles in Press	2014-05-23 10:30
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Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2014-05-30 17:50
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Clinical Trials Study
Article Title	Study of detection times for liver stiffness evaluation by shear wave elastography
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Ze-Ping Huang, Xin-Ling Zhang, Jie Zeng, Jian Zheng, Ping Wang and Rong-Qin Zheng
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Rong-Qin Zheng, MD, PhD, Department of Medical Ultrasonics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province, China. zhengrongqin@hotmail.com
Key Words	Liver stiffness measurement; Elastography; Shear wave elastography; Non-invasive diagnosis; Liver fibrosis
Core Tip	We evaluated the impact of different valid measurements (VMs) on the liver stiffness measurement by shear wave elastography in 112 chronic hepatitis B patients. Liver stiffness values obtained from 1 VM, 2 VMs, 3 VMs, 5 VMs and all 10 VMs were similar, and there were no significant differences between these groups. The repeatability was excellent among different pathological stages in different groups. The mean elasticity values can accurately distinguish fibrosis stages with no significant differences seen in the five groups. One VM may be enough to assess liver fibrosis using shear wave elastography without any significant loss of accuracy.
Publish Date	2014-07-26 13:36
Citation	Huang ZP, Zhang XL, Zeng J, Zheng J, Wang P, Zheng RQ. Study of detection times for liver stiffness evaluation by shear wave elastography. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(28): 9578-9584
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i28/9578.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i28.9578

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