Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hepatocellular carcinoma risk increased by 19% with every 5 kPa increase in liver stiffness measurement. Liver ...

Researchers in South Korea have developed an organoid disease model and non-destructive stiffness analysis technology for evaluating the efficacy of new drugs for fatty liver disease. The research ...

Spleen stiffness measurement (SSM) offers a noninvasive method to diagnose portal hypertension in BCR::ABL1-negative MPN patients, potentially improving patient management. SSM captures hepatic ...

Portal hypertension (PHT) is a severe complication of chronic liver disease, like cirrhosis, where increased pressure builds up in the portal vein. This major blood vessel drains blood from the ...

MIT engineers have devised a new, noninvasive way to measure the stiffness of living cells using acoustic waves. Their technique allows them to monitor single cells over several generations and ...

Liver stiffness and severe fibrosis, as measured by FibroScan, are independently linked to type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), new ...

Biomedical engineers have discovered a way to detect signs of cancer on a cell-by-cell basis using two lasers and a camera. An increase in cell stiffness is an indicator of cancerous tissue, but ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Echosens, a high-technology company offering the FibroScan family of products, announces the launch of FibroScan 630 Expert in the United States, a comprehensive ...

A non-invasive method to measure vascular compliance, or how stiff an artery is, in the human brain has been revealed by scientists. This finding may have ramifications for preventing stroke and the ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Echosens, a high-technology company offering the FibroScan family of products, announces the launch of FibroScan 630 Expert, a high-performance elastography engine that ...