Which elastographic method is more feasible in assessing spleen stiffness in patients with HCV compensated liver cirrhosis?

The aim of this study was to compare the feasibility of four ultrasound based elastographic methods used for assessing spleen stiffness. Material and methods: The study included 42 subjects diagnosed with HCV compensated liver cirrhosis in whom spleen stiffness (SS) was evaluated in the same session by means of 4 elastographic methods: Point shear wave elastography techniques: Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification (VTQ)-Acuson S2000, Siemens and ElastPQ technique-Affinity, Philips; 2D Shear Waves Elastography-Aixplorer, Supersonic Imagine (2D SWE) and the LogiqE9, General Electric (2D-SWE GE). Reliable SS measurem…