Publications by authors named "Amaury Mouries"
Background & Aims: Virtual Touch Quantification (VTQ) evaluates liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver diseases by measuring shear wave speed in the liver. We aimed to determine the reliability criteria of VTQ examination.
Methods: We performed a prospective study of 1094 patients with chronic liver disease from November 2009 through October 2016 at Angers University Hospital, and between April 2010 and May 2015 at Bordeaux University Hospital, in France.
Unlabelled: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a major public health issue. The goal of this study was to assess the clinical use of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) evaluated by supersonic shear imaging (SSI), FibroScan, and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) in a cohort of NAFLD patients who underwent liver biopsy. A total of 291 NAFLD patients were prospectively enrolled from November 2011 to February 2015 at 2 French university hospitals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: MR relaxometry has been extensively studied in the field of cardiac diseases, but its contribution to liver imaging is unclear. We aimed to compare liver and spleen T1 mapping, T2 mapping, and diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) for assessing the diagnosis and severity of cirrhosis.
Methods: We prospectively included 129 patients with normal (n=40) and cirrhotic livers (n=89) from May to September 2014.
Background: Elastography is a promising non-invasive approach for assessing liver fibrosis. We assessed diagnostic performances of liver and spleen stiffness using supersonic shear imaging for diagnosing cirrhosis severity and oesophageal varices.
Methods: 401 consecutive cirrhotic patients were prospectively enrolled from November 2012 to March 2014.
Introduction: We studied the extent and distribution of left atrial (LA) fibrosis on delayed-enhanced (DE) MRI in a general cardiology population.
Methods And Results: One hundred ninety consecutive patients referred for cardiac MRI underwent DE imaging using a free breathing method. The population comprised 60 AF patients and 130 patients without AF, including 75 with structural heart disease (SHD).
Purpose: To prospectively evaluate the utility of computed tomography (CT) for determination of tumor response and prediction of resectability after neoadjuvant combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy (CRT) in patients with nonmetastatic locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
Materials And Methods: This study received institutional review board approval, and all participants provided written informed consent. Consecutive patients with cephalic locally advanced pancreatic cancer who underwent surgical exploration and/or resection following neoadjuvant CRT were prospectively enrolled from June 2009 to May 2013.
Background & Aims: Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis by elastography is a rapidly developing field with frequent technological innovations. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic performances of Supersonic Shear Imaging (SSI) for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease.
Methods: A total of 349 consecutive patients with chronic liver diseases who underwent liver biopsy from November 2011 to October 2013 were prospectively enrolled.