Quantitative ultrasonography of the liver in healthy cats

The ultrasonographic exam presents divergence in the interpretation of its findings, due to subjective and individual analysis. The livers of 18 healthy cats were evaluated by the ultrasonographic exam, making use of the gray-level histograms method. There were taken measures referring to the echoge...

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Autores: Monteiro, Jessica Nascimento Moraes, Santos, Warley Gomes dos, Oliveira, Daniel Capucho de, Borlini, Daniel Cometti, Martins Filho, Sebastião, Machado, Flávia Mara, Costa, Fabiano Séllos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo (FMVZ-USP)
Repositorio:Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/26817
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/26817
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ultrassonografia
Histograma
Fígado
Gatos
Ultrasound
Histogram
Liver
Cats
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Sumario:The ultrasonographic exam presents divergence in the interpretation of its findings, due to subjective and individual analysis. The livers of 18 healthy cats were evaluated by the ultrasonographic exam, making use of the gray-level histograms method. There were taken measures referring to the echogenicity (LMEAN), echotexture (NMOST/NALL) and echo amplitude standard deviation (SD). The mean values and standard deviations observed in this clinical assay were: LMEAN 5.6 ±1.08, NMOST/NALL 28.31 ±3.84 e SD 11.48 ±1.77. The gray-level histograms method is very important for the standardizing of hepatic echogenicity and echotexture values, helping in the diagnosis and monitoring of diffuse hepatopathies.