Table 3.
Included studies details.
| First author | Year | Elastography | Estimate of sensitivity | Estimates of specificity | Prospective | Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chong Y. (28) | 2013 | qualitative USE | 66% | 75% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 66% | 54% | ||||
| Cantisani V. (29) | 2013 | semi-quantitative USE | 93% | 92% | x | |
| Refaat R. (30) | 2014 | qualitative USE | 79% | 81% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 86% | 90% | ||||
| Tatar I.G. (31) | 2014 | semi-quantitative USE | 100% | 76% | x | |
| Grazhdani H. (32) | 2014 | quantitative USE | 91% | 75% | x | |
| Mona A. (33) | 2014 | semi-quantitative USE | 88% | 86% | x | |
| Jun-Mei X. (34) | 2014 | qualitative USE | 74% | 91% | x | |
| quantitative USE | 68% | 77% | ||||
| Cakir B. (35) | 2014 | semi-quantitative USE | 99% | 96% | x | |
| Bederina E.L. (36) | 2014 | qualitative USE | 95% | 98% | x | |
| Erman Çakal. (37) | 2014 | qualitative USE | 76% | 96% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 83 | 95 | ||||
| Cantisani V. (38) | 2015 | semi-quantitative USE | 92% | 93% | x | |
| Huang X. (39) | 2015 | qualitative USE | 74% | 90% | x | |
| quantitative USE | 82% | 77% | ||||
| quantitative USE | 74% | 90% | ||||
| Azizi G. (40) | 2015 | quantitative USE | 79% | 72% | x | |
| Cetin N. (41) | 2015 | semi-quantitative USE | 56% | 86% | x | |
| qualitative USE | 75% | 81% | ||||
| Dobruch-Sobczak K. (42) | 2016 | quantitative USE | 60% | 70% | x | |
| Duan S.B. (43) | 2016 | quantitative USE | 84% | 78% | x | |
| Friedrich-Rust M. (44) | 2016 | qualitative USE | 56% | 81% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 58% | 78% | ||||
| Ping X. (45) | 2016 | quantitative USE | 81%, | 74% | x | |
| Seong M. (46) | 2016 | qualitative USE | 29% | 77% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 50% | 57% | ||||
| Chen B.D. (47) | 2016 | quantitative USE | 85% | 87% | x | |
| Ahmed E.E. (48) | 2017 | qualitative USE | 83% | 91%, | x | |
| Mohammed M.D. (49) | 2017 | qualitative USE | 94% | 77% | x | |
| Liu B.J. (50) | 2017 | quantitative USE | 77% | 80% | x | |
| Liu Z. (51) | 2017 | quantitative USE | 81% | 83% | x | |
| Wang D. (52) | 2017 | quantitative USE | 70% | 81% | x | |
| Kyriakidou G. (53) | 2018 | qualitative USE | 73% | 73% | x | |
| quantitative USE | 91% | 79% | ||||
| quantitative USE | 73% | 67% | ||||
| Wahab S. (54) | 2018 | qualitative USE | 97% | 83% | x | |
| Cantisani V. (55) | 2019 | semi-quantitative USE | 83% | 93% | x | |
| quantitative USE | 67% | 83% | ||||
| Huang Y. (56) | 2019 | qualitative USE | 80% | 57% | x | |
| Yang Q. (57) | 2019 | quantitative USE | 73% | 85% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 82% | 88% | ||||
| Aghaghazvini L. (58) | 2020 | quantitative USE | 90% | 79% | x | |
| Li H. (59) | 2020 | qualitative USE | 92% | 61% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 81% | 50% | ||||
| Huang S.T. (60) | 2020 | quantitative USE | 69% | 91% | x | |
| Goel S. (61) | 2020 | quantitative USE | 75%, | 96% | x | |
| Shufang P. (62) | 2020 | qualitative USE | 74% | 81% | x | |
| qualitative USE | 90% | 92% | ||||
| qualitative USE | 94% | 94% | ||||
| qualitative USE | 79% | 96% | ||||
| Yavuz A. (63) | 2020 | quantitative USE | 81% | 94% | x | |
| Jinru Y. (64) | 2017 | qualitative USE | 90% | 86% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 90% | 93% | ||||
| Yeon E.K. (65) | 2020 | quantitative USE | 93% | 30% | x | |
| Tuan P.A. (66) | 2020 | quantitative USE | 74% | 90% | x | |
| Hu L. (67) | 2021 | quantitative USE | 77% | 65% | x | |
| Cantisani V. (68) | 2012 | semi-quantitative USE | 97% | 92% | x | |
| Cantisani V. (69) | 2013 | semi-quantitative USE | 93% | 89% | x | |
| Sohail S. (70) | 2020 | quantitative USE | 81% | 92% | x | |
| Idrees A. (71) | 2020 | semi-quantitative USE | 90% | 90% | x | |
| Liao L.J. (72) | 2019 | qualitative USE | 81% | 70% | x | |
| quantitative USE | 81% | 65% | ||||
| Fukuhara T. (73) | 2018 | qualitative USE | 64% | 66% | x | |
| quantitative USE | 80% | 86% | ||||
| Wojtaszek-Nowicka M. (74) | 2017 | semi-quantitative USE | 86% | 88% | x | |
| Kim H. (75) | 2013 | quantitative USE | 67% | 72% | x | |
| Wang H. (76) | 2013 | qualitative USE | 85% | 78% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 81% | 91% | ||||
| Wang H.L. (77) | 2012 | qualitative USE | 78% | 80% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 88% | 92% | ||||
| Veyrieres J.B. (78) | 2012 | quantitative USE | 80% | 90% | x | |
| Ning C.P. (79) | 2012 | qualitative USE | 81% | 72% | x | |
| semi-quantitative USE | 81% | 84% | ||||
| Cakir B. (80) | 2011 | qualitative USE | 58% | 71% | x | |
| Hakan B. (81) | 2021 | quantitative USE | 96% | 95% | x | |
| Chen M. (82) | 2016 | quantitative USE | 85% | 84% | x | |
| Liu B.X. (83) | 2014 | qualitative USE | 79% | 84% | x | |
| quantitative USE | 68% | 87% |
USE, Ultrasound Elastography.