M probe comes first: Impact of initial probe choice on diagnostic performance of vibration controlled transient elastography

Probe choice (M or XL) in transient elastography can be made by the user's own measure of skin-to-liver-capsule distance (SCD) or with an automated tool (AUTO). We studied how AUTO depends on initial probe choice.Three fictive clinics were considered: The "M-first clinic" uses AUTO from the M probe, the "XL-first clinic" uses AUTO from the XL probe and a "reference clinic" measures SCD independently. Agreement and discrepancies to the reference...