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  1. Understanding Your Liver Elastography (FibroScan®) Results

    Jan 16, 2023 · FibroScan is a special ultrasound technology that measures liver stiffness (hardness) and fatty changes in your liver. These measurements help your healthcare provider learn more about …

  2. FibroScan: Liver Health Assessment - WebMD

    Dec 16, 2024 · A FibroScan is a noninvasive test that uses ultrasound technology to measure liver stiffness, helping to assess liver health and detect fibrosis or fatty liver.

  3. Testing for Liver Fibrosis - Hepatology | UCLA Health

    Fibrosis testing can help in determining if there is damage to the liver. The test is simple and uses shear waves similar ultrasound without radiation or contrast.

  4. Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis | NEJM

    Oct 29, 2025 · We provide an algorithm to identify asymptomatic patients who may have advanced liver fibrosis and provide an overview of the available noninvasive methods with practical insight into their...

  5. Elastography: MedlinePlus Medical Test

    Elastography is mainly used to check the liver for stiffness. Stiff areas in the liver are a sign of scar tissue (fibrosis) caused by liver disease. Liver fibrosis happens when certain diseases damage the …

  6. 550659: Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF)™ Test | Labcorp

    The Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF™) blood test is a simple, accurate, non-invasive test that provides a simple, unitless numeric score that is generated via an algorithm for use in advanced liver fibrosis.

  7. Liver Fibrosis: Stages, Treatment, and Symptoms - Healthline

    Mar 22, 2023 · There are several different scales of liver fibrosis staging, where a doctor determines the degree of liver damage. This may be achieved with a variety of methods, such as blood work, imaging...

  8. Liver Fibrosis, FibroTest-ActiTest Panel - Quest Diagnostics

    Liver Fibrosis, FibroTest-ActiTest Panel - FibroTest and ActiTest permit the non-invasive evaluation of Hepatitis C (or B) individuals for the presence of liver fibrosis and liver inflammation, respectively.

  9. Noninvasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis: Overview of serologic tests ...

    Mar 13, 2025 · Hepatic fibrosis occurs in response to chronic liver injury. Regardless of the cause, the response to liver injury includes collapse of hepatic lobules, the formation of fibrous septa, and …

  10. Gastroenterology Tests - Lehigh Valley Health Network

    FibroScan measures scarring by measuring the stiffness of your liver. The fibrosis result is measured in kilopascals (kPa) It’s normally between 2 and 6 kPa. The highest possible result is 75 kPa. Many …