Sound touch viscosity imaging for chronic kidney disease staging: a novel biomarker for renal fibrosis
STVi imaging provides a novel, non-invasive biomarker for assessing renal fibrosis in CKD that outperforms conventional SWE. The established cut-off values and characteristic progression patterns offer clinically actionable thresholds for early detection and staging. Future multicenter studies should be conducted to validate these findings across diverse populations and etiologies.
Authors
- Wei Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0799-9764)
- Rumei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7353-6242)
- Jianlian Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5829-4641)
- Luca Zanoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-3778)
- Jian Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8010-2549)
- Xin Wang
- Xingyu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-5484)
- Bin Ying (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9609-9388)
- Hong Pan
- Xinyue Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4900-1621)
- Bin Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2801-5904)
- Xiaolan Fu
- Xiaojin Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7192-854X)
- Gino Pigatto Filho
Institutions
- Zhejiang International Studies University (CN)
- University of Catania (IT)
- Mindray (China) (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/qims-2025-1526
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00