Pitfalls of liver stiffness measurement: A 5‐year prospective study of 13,369 examinations

By Laurent Castéra, J. Foucher, P. Bernard, F. Carvalho, D. Allaix, Wassil Merrouche, P. Couzigou, V. de Lédinghen. Hepatology, 2010

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WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 3: liver. (2015, background): “Updating this experience with more than 13,000 examinations in 7,261 patients seen over a 5 years period, failure to obtain any measurement was observed in 4% of examinations and unreliable results in 17% (Castera et al. 2010).”
EASL-ALEH Clinical Practice Guidelines: Non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis. (2015, background): “8% [58], mostly due to patient obesity or limited operator experience.”
Magnetic Resonance Imaging More Accurately Classifies Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Than Transient Elastography. (2016, background): “Other authors have suggested that a high BMI or large amount of ascites cause the failure of TE [46-48].”