Ultrasound Based Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging

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Conditions studied: Liver Fibrosis, Liver Inflammation

In brief

ARFI (Ultrasound-based Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse) will be used during ultrasound guided needle biopsy of the liver of children.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01781208

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

62

Starts

2012-11-01

Expected to finish

2015-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-10-21

Who can join

Age: any, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or younger
• Scheduled to have a needle biopsy of the liver at
• C.S. Mott Children's Hospital or
• Dept. of Radiology at the Univ. of Michigan Hospital
• Scheduled to have an abdominal ultrasound to evaluate your liver (with no known liver disease)

You may not qualify if…

• None to list

Where it is running

• University of Michigan Hospital — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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