Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2010; 16(14): 1720-1726
Published online Apr 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i14.1720
Real-time sono-elastography in the diagnosis of diffuse liver diseases
Dan Ionuţ Gheonea, Adrian Săftoiu, Tudorel Ciurea, Florin Gorunescu, Sevastiţa Iordache, Gabriel Lucian Popescu, Smaranda Belciug, Marina Gorunescu, Larisa Săndulescu
Dan Ionuţ Gheonea, Adrian Săftoiu, Tudorel Ciurea, Sevastiţa Iordache, Larisa Săndulescu, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova 200349, Romania
Florin Gorunescu, Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova 200349, Romania
Gabriel Lucian Popescu, IT Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova 200349, Romania
Smaranda Belciug, Marina Gorunescu, Faculty of Mathematics of Computer Science, University of Craiova, Craiova 200585, Romania
Author contributions: Gheonea DI and Săftoiu A performed all the recordings of the elastography movies; Ciurea T examined all the patients and collected the clinical data; Iordache S, Săndulescu L and Popescu GL computed and transformed all the elastography recordings into numerical values for statistical analysis; Belciug S, Gorunescu M and Gorunescu F performed the statistical analysis.
Supported by Research Grant, No. 2076/2007, Entitled SONOFIBROCAST, Financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research
Correspondence to: Dan Ionuţ Gheonea, MD, PhD, MSc, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, 1 Mai, 66, Craiova 200639, Romania. digheonea@gmail.com
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Received: September 19, 2009
Revised: December 27, 2009
Accepted: January 3, 2010
Published online: April 14, 2010
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