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Noninvasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis: Ultrasound-based elastography

Author

Christoph F Dietrich, MD, MBA

Professor of Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University

Frankfurt, Germany & Caritas-Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim

Section Editor

Jonathan B Kruskal, MD, PhD

Section Editor — Kidney Disease

Professor of Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Deputy Editor

Kristen M Robson, MD, MBA, FACG

Assistant Professor

Tufts University School of Medicine

Peer Reviewer

Reviewers are not identified on topic reviews to preserve anonymity