Can Doppler Sonography Grade the Severity of Hepatitis C-Related Liver Disease?
Adrian K. P. Lim1,
Nayna Patel1,2,
Robert J. Eckersley1,
Yu-Ting Kuo1,3,
Robert D. Goldin4,
Howard C. Thomas5,
David O. Cosgrove1,
Simon D. Taylor-Robinson1,2 and
Martin J. K. Blomley1
1 Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College
London, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Rd., London W12 0HS, UK.
2 Department of Medicine A, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London,
Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, UK.
3 Department of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung,
Taiwan.
4 Department of Histopathology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London,
St. Mary's Hospital, Praed St., London W12 1NY, UK.
5 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St.
Mary's Hospital, London W12 1NY, UK.

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Fig. 1A. Color Doppler sonograms of 45-year-old man with hepatitis C
virus-related disease. Images show main portal vein velocity measurement
(A) and hepatic arterial velocity measurement where it crosses portal
vein (B).
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Fig. 1B. Color Doppler sonograms of 45-year-old man with hepatitis C
virus-related disease. Images show main portal vein velocity measurement
(A) and hepatic arterial velocity measurement where it crosses portal
vein (B).
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Fig. 2A. Doppler sonograms of 34-year-old woman with hepatitis C
virus-related disease. Images show portal vein diameter (A) and portal
vein circumference (B).
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Fig. 2B. Doppler sonograms of 34-year-old woman with hepatitis C
virus-related disease. Images show portal vein diameter (A) and portal
vein circumference (B).
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Fig. 3A. Doppler sonograms of patients with hepatitis C virus-related
disease show examples of wave phasicity patterns observed in hepatic veins.
Image of 28-year-old man shows triphasic waveform.
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Fig. 3B. Doppler sonograms of patients with hepatitis C virus-related
disease show examples of wave phasicity patterns observed in hepatic veins.
Image of 56-year-old man shows biphasic waveform.
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Fig. 3C. Doppler sonograms of patients with hepatitis C virus-related
disease show examples of wave phasicity patterns observed in hepatic veins.
Image of 43-year-old woman shows monophasic waveform.
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Fig. 4. Graph illustrates mean splenic length in centimeters (...)
± 2 SEs (horizontal lines) for three groups categorized by
severity of hepatitis.
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