Hands-on Workshop: Advances in Ultrasound - Organised by the ESR Ultrasound Quality and Standards Subcommittee

HW Uc 5 - Chronic liver disease

March 4, 15:00 - 16:30 CET

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Please note that we will be using equipment from specific vendors during the workshop sessions; however, a variety of alternative options from other vendors are also available.

This session is exclusively offered to onsite attendees and will not be broadcast live or available on demand.
15 min
Introduction
Giovanna Ferraioli, Pavia / Italy
  1. To learn how to perform shear wave elastography (SWE) of the liver.
  2. To learn the US techniques to assess the liver for steatosis: attenuation imaging, ultrasound-derived fat fraction, hepatorenal index (ATI/UDFF/HRI).
  3. To understand the physics behind these technologies.
  4. To understand the clinical relevance of the parameters and indices generated.
75 min
Hands-on demonstration
Demonstrators
Giovanna Ferraioli, Pavia / Italy
Annamaria Deganello, London / United Kingdom
Vito Cantisani, Rome / Italy
Richard G. Barr, Canfield / United States
Paul S. Sidhu, London / United Kingdom
Christopher J. Harvey, London / United Kingdom
Dirk-André Clevert, Munich / Germany
James Burn, London / United Kingdom
Maija Radzina, Riga / Latvia
Christoph F. Dietrich, Hünibach / Switzerland
Artūras Samuilis, Vilnius / Lithuania
Matteo Rosselli, Florence / Italy
Workshop assistant
Adrian K. P. Lim, London / United Kingdom