MULTIPARAMETRIC ULTRASOUND FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF DIFFUSE LIVER DISEASE WITH ACCESS CODE (PB 2024)

For those who treat and diagnose liver disease, whether radiologists, emergency medical physicians, hepatologists, or sonographers, a clear understanding of the strict protocol needed to obtain accurate measurements is essential. Multiparametric Ultrasound for the Assessment of Diffuse Liver Disease offers a practical approach to liver shear wave elastography acquisition from globally recognized leaders in the field. It answers critical questions such as how to use each of the current techniques to best characterize your patients’ liver disease, how to deal with the limitations of each of these techniques, and what to ask―and not to ask―of your devices and software.

• Presents an overview of conventional ultrasound findings in chronic liver disease and portal hypertension, and presents the basic concepts and protocols needed to measure liver stiffness and interpret liver stiffness values
• Details clinical applications, artifacts, and guidelines of liver ultrasound elastography, including tips and tricks
• Reviews the latest ultrasound techniques to assess liver steatosis and focal liver lesions, as well as the uses of new technologies of fat quantification and dispersion
• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Dr. Barr is a Professor of Radiology at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He practices at Southwoods Imaging in Youngstown, Ohio. He received his BS in Chemistry at Ohio State University, a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at Michigan State University, and his MD from Case Western Reserve University. He completed a year internship in internal medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland and a Diagnostic Radiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he was chief resident. Dr. Barr completed a cross sectional imaging fellowship at University of California at San Francisco.
Dr. Barr has published over 150 peer reviewed papers, several book chapters, and a book “Breast Elastography” and a book “Elastography, a Practical Approach”. His book has been translated into Italian, Chinese, and Russian. He has presented over 500 scientific and educational presentations and invited lectures world-wide. He has been involved in elastography and ultrasound contrast for over 15 years presenting multiple presentations worldwide on these subjects. He was the Principal Investigator on several ultrasound contrast agents phase 2, 3 and 4 studies. He has relationships with multiple ultrasound vendors for the improvement of elastography and CEUS on their systems. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. Aunt Minnie named him a semi-finalist for the most influential radiology researcher in the world in 2018. Dr. Barr is a chairman of the Quantitative Image Biomarker Association for ultrasound contrast committee. He has been the lead author on several national and international guidelines on elastography and ultrasound contrast.

Dr. Ferraioli is the coordinator of the Ultrasound School at Fondazione IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Medical School University of Pavia, Italy, and co-director of the EFSUMB Ultrasound Learning Centre at the same Institution.
Her research interests include elastography in diffuse liver diseases, non-invasive assessment of liver steatosis, ultrasound contrast agents, and Doppler in portal hypertension. Dr. Ferraioli has published over 90 peer reviewed papers and several book chapters. She has presented over 300 scientific and educational presentations and invited lectures worldwide. She has been involved in liver elastography for over 11 years presenting multiple presentations worldwide on this subject. She has relationships with multiple ultrasound vendors for the improvement of elastography on their systems. She is member of the scientific editorial board of European Radiology, World Journal of Gastroenterology, Journal of Ultrasound, and she’s the subspecialty Editor on Elastography for the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. She has been the lead author of WFUMB guidelines on liver elastography and has been involved on several international guidelines on elastography.