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First name(s) / Surname(s) POPESCU SIMONA-ALINA
Address(es) Str. Barbu Iscovescu nr. 8, sc. A, ap 7, 300561 Timişoara, Romania
Telephone(s) +40-256-488003 Mobile: +40-748-331233
Fax(es) +40-256-488003
E-mail alinamircea.popescu@gmail.com

Nationality romanian

Date of birth 10.10.1971

Gender female

Work experience
Dates 2011 → present
Occupation or position held Lecturer Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Name and address of employer "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Eftimie Murgu nr 2, Timişoara (România)
Type of business or sector University Education

Dates 2004 - 2011

Occupation or position held Assistant Professor Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Name and address of employer "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Eftimie Murgu nr 2, Timişoara (România)
Type of business or sector University Education

Dates 2001 - 2004

Occupation or position held PhD Student Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Name and address of employer "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Eftimie Murgu nr 2, Timişoara (România)
Type of business or sector University Education

Dates 1997 - 2002

Occupation or position held Fellow in Internal Medicine
Name and address of employer Clinic County Hospital Nr. 1 Timişoara,
Bv. Liviu Rebreanu nr. 156, Timişoara (România)
Type of business or sector Public Health

Education and training

Dates 2012

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 Title of qualification awarded Senior Consultant
Principal subjects/occupational skills Gastroenterology
covered
Name and type of organisation "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
providing education and training Timişoara (România)
Level in national or international ISCED 5
classification

Dates 2008
Title of qualification awarded Senior Consultant
Principal subjects/occupational skills Internal Medicine
covered
Name and type of organisation "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
providing education and training Timişoara (România)
Level in national or international ISCED 5
classification

Dates 2007
Title of qualification awarded PhD
Principal subjects/occupational skills Medical Sciences - Gastroenterology
covered
Name and type of organisation "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
providing education and training Timişoara (România)
Level in national or international ISCED 6
classification

Dates 2006
Title of qualification awarded Specialist
Principal subjects/occupational skills Gastroenterology
covered
Name and type of organisation "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy
providing education and training Timişoara (România)
Level in national or international ISCED 5
classification

Dates 2002
Title of qualification awarded Specialist
Principal subjects/occupational skills Internal Medicine
covered
Name and type of organisation University of Medicine and Pharmacy
providing education and training Timişoara (România)
Level in national or international ISCED 5
classification

Dates 1996
Title of qualification awarded Medical Doctor
Principal subjects/occupational skills Faculty of General Medicine
covered
Name and type of organisation University of Medicine and Pharmacy
providing education and training Timişoara (România)

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 Level in national or international ISCED 5
classification

Personal skills and

competences
Mother tongue(s) Romanian

Other language(s)
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English C2 Experienced user C2 Experienced user C2 Experienced user C2 Experienced user C1 Experienced user
French B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Social skills and competences Board certified in Abdominal Ultrasound, Level III (Expert) on EFSUMB/SRUMB Classification
Board certified in Diagnostic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Computer skills and competences Skilled in computer assisted text editing, Microsoft excell, Microsoft power point, statistical analysis
Driving licence Category B

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 Additional information Postgraduate courses
- 1995 – 1-month summer practice within Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden, Cardiology
Department, Coronarian Unit.
- 1998 – Course of European Congress Organization (ECOR): Diagnosis and Management
on Heart Failure – Current status and future developments -Timisoara 5-6 June
- 2000 – Course of General Ultrasound of the University of Medicine and Pharmacology
Timisoara
- 2003 – The Postgraduated Course of Gastroentero-Hepatology (sponsored by The
Holland Digestive Disease Week Fondation), Holland, october 2003.
- 2003 – Two weeks training course in Gastroenterology at Medizinische Klinik 2 Helios
Klinikum Wuppertal, supervisor - Prof. Lucas Greiner, MD, Professor of Internal
Medicine/Gastroenterology.
- 2005 – Interventional ultrasound course

Member of the Faculty of UEGW Ultrasound Learning Centre since 2005 Co-director of the UEGW
Ultrasound Learning Centre Courses since 2012

Member of:
Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Honorary Secretary since 2013
Romanian Society of Endoscopy
Romanian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Honorary Treasurer between 2006-2010,
member of the Board of Directors since 2010
European Federation of Societies of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
The American Gastroenterological Association
The American Society for Gastroenterological Endoscopy
The European Society for Gastroenterological Endoscopy
International Contrast Ultrasound Society

Member of the Editorial Board of Medical Ultrasound

- Member of the National CEEX Grant nr. 1/2005: “Molecular basis of colorectal cancer: from prevention
to treatment”, as well as to the
- Member National CEEX Grant nr. 68/2006 “Optimising the early diagnosis and treatment of upper
digestive tract cancer in the context of chromodiagnosis and magnification endoscopy”
- Member in Deployment of a telemedicine system between university gastroenterology centres of
Szeged and Timisoara for education and training of professionals. Cross-border project
HURO/1001/140/2.3.1

Main Scientific Publications.

Books and book’s chapters in ultrasound

1. The role of ultrasound in abdominal emergencies.
Popescu A, Sporea I: in Gastroenterology across Europe sub redacţia Peter Malfertheiner, Dan Dumitrascu, Simona Bataga:, Ed. Medicala Universitara
Iuliu Hatieganu, 2008, pag 299-309 ISBN 978-973-693-290-8
2. Ecografia cu substanţă de contrast (CEUS) în patologia abdominală
Sporea I, Dănilă M, Popescu A, Şirli R - Ed. Mirton Timişoara 2009, ISBN 978-973-52-0612-3
3. Ecografia abdominala în practica clinică.
I Sporea, Cristina Cijevschi Prelipcean,în colaborare cu Mirela Dănilă, Alina Popescu, Roxana Șirli. Editura Mirton Timișoara 2010, ISBN 978-
973-52-0850-9
4. Ultrasound of the biliary system
Ana Paula Barreiros, Alina Popescu, Julie Walton, Christoph F. Dietrich în EFSUMB – European Course Book, Editor: Christoph F. Dietrich
disponibilă pe www.efsumb.org

Co-author in ”Hepatic Elastography Using Ultrasound Waves”, Ioan Sporea, Roxana Șirli. Bentham Science Publishers 2012. eISBN: 978-1-
60805-463-3, 2012; ISBN: 978-1-60805-557-9.

Co-author of 12 Medical CDs:

- Ecografie intervenţională – Ioan Sporea, Alina Popescu
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 - Endoscopie digestivă în imagini – Ioan Sporea, Cristina Cijevschi, Alina Popescu
- Învăţarea ecografiei transabdominale a tubului digestiv - Ioan Sporea, Alina Popescu
- Învăţarea ecografiei abdominale - Ioan Sporea, Alina Popescu
- Atlas de colonoscopie - Ioan Sporea, Cristina Cijevschi, Alina Popescu
- Learning abdominal ultrasound – Ioan Sporea, Lucas Greiner, Alina Popescu
- Ultrasonografia transabdominală în evaluarea bolilor inflamatorii intestinale – ediţie bilingvă - I. Sporea, Lucas Greiner, Alina
Popescu, CD educaţional 2004 Kalis Media, ISBN 973-661-367-4
- Hemoragia digestivă superioară (ediţie bilingvă) – I. Sporea, Cristina Cijevschi Prelipcean, Alina Popescu, CD-book 2004, ISBN 973-
661-423-9
- Imagistica pancreatitei cronice – I. Sporea, Adriana Tudora, în colaborare cu Roxana Şirli, Alina Popescu, N. Bolog, A. Săftoiu, CD-
book 2005
- Learning abdominal ultrasound, second edition - Ioan Sporea, Lucas Greiner, Alina Popescu, CD-book 2005
- Rolul ultrasonografiei în Hepatologie - I.Sporea, R.Şirli, A.Popescu, CD-book 2006, ISBN 973-602-185-8
- Ecografia cu contrast în leziuni hepatice circumscrise I. Sporea, A. Popescu, M.Dănilă, R.Şirli 2008

1 Pegylated-interferon alpha 2a treatment Sporea I, Popescu A, Șirli R, World J Gastroenterol 2006

for chronic hepatitis C in patients on Golea O, Totolici C, Danila M, Jul 14; 12(26):4191-4
chronic haemodialysis. Vernic C.

2 Comparative study concerning the efficacy Sporea I, Danila M, Șirli R, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis
of Peg-IFN alpha-2a versus Peg-IFN alpha- Popescu A, Laza A, Bădițoiu L 2006 Jun; 15(2):125-30
2b on the early virological response (EVR)
in patients with chronic viral C hepatitis.
3 A survey on the Practice of Sporea I, Popescu A, Șirli R, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis
Gastroenterology in Romania. Enăchescu V, Deleanu A, 2006; 15(3):313-316
Miuţescu E
4 The quality of the fragment obtained by Sporea I, Şirli R, Popescu A, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis
liver biopsy for staging chronic hepatitis. Cornianu C, Manciu C, Focşa M. 2007; 16( 3), p.263-266
5 How to improve the performances in Sporea I, Popescu A, Vernic C, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis
diagnostic colonoscopy? Şirli R. 2007; 16(4), p.363-368
6 Why, who and how should perform liver Sporea I, Popescu A, Şirli R. World J Gastroenterol Jun
biopsy in chronic liver diseases. 2008; 14(21):3396-402
7 Liver Stiffness Measurement by Transient Sporea I, Şirli R, Deleanu A, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis
Elastography in Clinical Practice. Popescu A, Cornianu M. 2008;17(4): 395-399
8 Mutant HFE genotype leads to significant Neghina AM, Anghel A, Sporea I, J Appl Genet.
iron overload in patients with liver diseases Popescu A, Neghina R, Collins A, 2009;50(2):173-6. doi:
from western Romania. Thorstensen K. 10.1007/BF03195670.
9 The value of transabdominal ultrasound for Sporea I, Şirli R, Başa Central European Journal
assessment of the severity of liver steatosis E, Cornianu M, Popescu of Medicine, 2009:4 (4):
as compared to liver biopsy. A, Dănilă M, Focșa M. 490-495
10 Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy in Dănilă M, Sporea I, Şirli R, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis
the Treatment of Hepatocarcinoma - Popescu A. 2009; 18 3, 317-322.
Results Obtained from a Series of 88 Cases
11 Transient elastographic evaluation of Şirli R, Sporea I, Tudora A, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis
subjects without known hepatic pathology, Deleanu A, Popescu A. 2009; 18(1): 57-61
does age change the liver stiffness?
12 A Comparative Study of Non-Invasive Şirli R, Sporea I, Bota S, Popescu Hepatitis Monthly 2010;
Methods for Fibrosis Assessment in Chronic A, Cornianu M. 10(2): 88-94
HCV Infection.
13 Colonoscopy and sedation in Romania: Sporea I, Popescu A, Sandesc D, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis.
early experience using a balanced propofol Bedreag O, Asai R, Șirli R, Vernic 2010 Mar;19(1):27-30.
regimen. C, Nicolita D, Martie A
14 Outcome of antiviral treatment in patients Sporea I, Șirli R, Curescu M, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis.
with chronic genotype 1 HCV hepatitis. A Gheorghe L, Popescu A, Bota S, 2010 Sep;19(3):261-4
retrospective study in 507 patients. Iacob S.
15 Liver stiffness measurements in patients Sporea I, Șirli R, Deleanu A, World J Gastroenterol.
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 with HBV vs HCV chronic hepatitis: a Tudora A, Popescu A, Curescu 2010 Oct 14;16(38):4832-7
comparative study M, Bota S.
16 How useful is contrast enhanced Sporea I, Șirli R, Martie A, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis.
ultrasonography for the characterization of Popescu A, Danila M. 2010 Dec;19(4):393-8
focal liver lesions?
17 How to improve the quality of the tissue Sporea I, Popescu A, Şirli R. Central European Journal
sample obtained by percutaneous liver Of Medicine 2010;
biopsy. 6(1): 103-106
18 Ultrasound examination of normal gall Popescu A, Sporea I. Med Ultrason. 2010
bladder and biliary system. Jun;12(2):150-2.
19 Ultrasound examination of the normal Sporea I, Popescu A. Med Ultrason. 2010
gastrointestinal tract. Dec;12(4):349-52.
20 Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in focal liver Şirli R, Sporea I, Martie A, Med Ultrason 2010, 12 (4),
lesions – a cost efficiency study. Popescu A, Dănilă M. 280-285
21 Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) – a Sporea I, Şirli R, Popescu A, Med Ultrason 2010: 12(1):
new modality for the evaluation of liver Danilă M. 26-31
fibrosis.
22 The role of contrast enhanced ultrasound Danila M, Sporea I, Șirli R, Med Ultrason 2010: 12(2):
(CEUS) in the assessment of liver nodules in Popescu A, Sendroiu M, Martie 145-149
patients with cirrhosis. A.
23 Spleen assessment by Acoustic radiation . Bota S, Sporea I, Șirli R, Med Ultrason 2010; 12 (3):
Force Impulse Elastography (ARFI) for Popescu A, Danila M, Sendroiu 213-215
prediction of liver cirrhosis and portal M, Focsa M.
hypertension
24 Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in Danila M, Popescu A, Șirli R, Med Ultrason 2010; 12 (3):
the evaluation of liver metastases. Sporea I, Martie A, Sendroiu M. 233-237
25 Clinical penetrance of C282Y homozygous Neghina AM, Anghel A, Sporea I, J Gastrointestin Liver Dis.
HFE hemochromatosis in a western Popescu A. 2011 Mar;20(1):100-1.
Romanian population.
26 The mean values of liver stiffness assessed Popescu A, Sporea I, Șirli R, Bota Med Ultrason. 2011
by Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse S, Focsa M, Danila M, Nicolita D, Mar;13(1):33-7
elastography in normal subjects. Martie A, Sendroiu M, Juchis A.
27 Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for the Sporea I, Badea R, Martie A, Șirli Med Ultrason. 2011
characterization of focal liver lesions R, Socaciu M, Popescu A, Danila Mar;13(1):38-44
M.
28 The value of contrast enhanced ultrasound Dănilă M, Sporea I, Popescu A, Med Ultrason. 2011
in the evaluation of the nature of portal Șirli R, Sendroiu M. Jun;13(2):102-7
vein thrombosis.
29 Contrast enhanced ultrasound for the Martie A, Sporea I, Popescu A, Med Ultrason. 2011
characterization of hepatocellular Șirli R, Dănilă M, Serban C, Jun;13(2):108-13
carcinoma. Ardelean M, Bota S, Sendroiu
M, Chisevescu D.
30 Factors that influence the correlation of Bota S, Sporea I, Șirli R, Popescu Med Ultrason. 2011
Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI), A, Danila M, Sendroiu M. Jun;13(2):135-40
elastography with liver fibrosis.
31 The influence of liver residual mass on the Bota S, Sporea I, Șirli R, Popescu Med Ultrason. 2011
values of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse A, Dănilă M, Sendroiu M. Sep;13(3):195-9
Elastography (ARFI) in cirrhotic patients.
32 Contrast enhanced ultrasound for the Șirli R, Sporea I, Popescu A, Med Ultrason. 2011
diagnosis of liver hemangiomas in clinical Dănilă M, Martie A, Bota S, Jun;13(2):95-101
practice Jurchis A, Sendroiu M.
33 What Did We Learn from the First 3,459 Sporea I, Șirli RL, Deleanu A, Ultraschall Med. 2011
Cases of Liver Stiffness Measurement by Rațiu I, Tudora A, Dan I, Feb;32(1):40-45.
Transient Elastography (FibroScan(R))? Popescu A.
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34 Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Sporea I, Șirli RL, Deleanu A, Ultraschall Med. 2011;32
Elastography as Compared to Transient Popescu A, Focsa M, Danila M, Suppl 1:S46-52
Elastography and Liver Biopsy in Patients Tudora A.
with Chronic Hepatopathies.
35 Thyroid Stiffness Assessment by Acoustic Sporea I, Vlad M, Bota S, Șirli RL, Ultraschall Med. 2011
Radiation Force Impulse Elastography Popescu A, Danila M, Sendroiu Jun;32(3):281-5
(ARFI). M, Zosin I.
36 Value of transient elastography for the Sporea I, Raţiu I, Șirli R, Popescu World J Gastroenterol.
prediction of variceal bleeding. A, Bota S. 2011 May 7;17(17):2206-
10
37 How efficient is acoustic radiation force Sporea I, Badea R, Șirli R, Lupsor Hepat Mon.
impulse elastography for the evaluation of M, Popescu A, Danila M, Focsa 2011;11(7):532-8
liver stiffness?. M, Deleanu A
38 A new scoring system for prediction of Bota S, Șirli R, Sporea I, Focsa Hepat Mon.
fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. M, Popescu A, Danila M, Strain 2011;11(7):548-5
M, Sendroiu M, Deleanu A, Dan
I.
39 Is it better to use two elastographic Sporea I, Şirli R, Popescu A, Bota World J Gastroenterol
methods for liver fibrosis assessment? S, Badea R, Lupşor M, Focşa M, 2011; 17(33): 3824-3829.
Dănilă M.
40 Response to standard of care antiviral Bota S, Sporea I, Popescu A, Șirli J Gastrointestin Liver Dis.
treatment in patients with HCV liver R, Neghina AM, Danila M, Strain 2011 Sep;20(3):293-8
cirrhosis - a systematic review. M.
41 The Correlation of Il28B Genotype With Sporea I, Popescu A, Curescu M, Hepat Mon. 2011
Sustained Virologic Response In Romanian Șirli R, Dan I, Goldis A, Dec;11(12):975-9.
patients With Chronic Hepatitis C. Gradinaru O, Ardelean M,
Danila M, Bota S, Deleanu A.
42 Intra- and Interoperator Reproducibility of Bota S, Sporea I, Șirli R, Popescu Ultrasound Med Biol. 2012
Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) A, Danila M, Costachescu D. Jul;38(7):1103-8
Elastography-Preliminary Results.
43 Comparative Study Concerning the Value of Sporea I, Șirli R, Bota S, Popescu Ultrasound Med Biol. 2012
Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse A, Sendroiu M, Jurchis A. Aug;38(8):1310-6
Elastography (ARFI) in Comparison with
Transient Elastography (TE) for the
Assessment of Liver Fibrosis in Patients
with Chronic Hepatitis B and C.
44 Can ARFI elastography predict the presence Bota S, Sporea I, Șirli R, Focsa Ann Hepatol. 2012
of significant esophageal varices in newly M, Popescu A, Danila M, Strain Jul;11(4):519-25.
diagnosed cirrhotic patients? M.
45 Does the size of the needle influence the Sporea I, Gherhardt D, Popescu Ann Hepatol. 2012
number of portal tracts obtained through A, Șirli R, Cornianu M, Herman Sep;11(5):691-5
percutaneous liver biopsy? D, Bota S.
46 Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Sporea I, Bota S, Peck- Eur J Radiol. 2012
Elastography for fibrosis evaluation in Radosavljevic M, Șirli R, Tanaka Dec;81(12):4112-8
patients with chronic hepatitis C: An H, Iijima H, Badea R, Lupsor M,
international multicenter study. Fierbinteanu-Braticevici C,
Petrisor A, Saito H, Ebinuma H,
Friedrich-Rust M, Sarrazin C,
Takahashi H, Ono N, Piscaglia F,
Borghi A, D'Onofrio M, Gallotti
A, Ferlitsch A, Popescu A, Danila
M.
47 Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for the Sporea I, Badea R, Martie A, Med Ultrason. 2012
evaluation of focal liver lesions in daily Dumitru E, Ioanitescu S, Șirli R, Jun;14(2):95-100
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 practice. A multicentre study. Socaciu M, Popescu A, Dănilă
M, Voiculescu M.
48 The Contribution of Contrast Enhanced Martie A, Bota S, Sporea I, Șirli Med Ultrason. 2012
Ultrasound for the characterization of R, Popescu A, Danila M. Dec;14(4):283-7
benign liver lesions in clinical practice - a
monocentric experience.
49 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Popescu A, Sporea I. Med Ultrason. 2012
"Victor Babeş" Timisoara, Romania. ABC in Mar;14(1):80
ultrasonography-ultrasound for the
students.
50 "Quo vadis" liver biopsy? A multi-centre Sporea I, Popescu A, Gheorghe J Gastrointestin Liver Dis.
Romanian study regarding the number of L, Cijevschi Prelipcean C, 2012 Sep;21(3):326.
liver biopsies performed for chronic viral Spârchez Z, Voiosu R.
hepatitis.
51 Factors which influence the accuracy of Bota S, Sporea I, Sirli R, Popescu Ultrasound Med Biol. 2013
acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) A, Jurchis A. Mar;39(3):407-12
elastography for the diagnosis of liver
fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
52 The influence of food intake on liver Popescu A, Bota S, Sporea I, Sirli Ultrasound Med Biol. 2013
stiffness values assessed by acoustic R, Danila M, Racean S, Suseanu Apr;39(4):579-84
radiation force impulse elastography- D, Gradinaru O, Ivascu Siegfried
preliminary results. C.
53 Technical performance of colonoscopy -- Sporea I, Popescu A, Diculescu Chirurgia (Bucur). 2013 Jan-
multicenter study in university and non- M, Stoica V, Constantinescu G, Feb;108(1):86-90.
university centers of Romania. Prelipcean CC, Seicean A, Pascu
O, Jinga M, Tudor N, Voiosu R,
Dobru D, Săftoiu A, Vălean S,
Miuţescu E, Bancu L, Băţagă S,
Dumitraşcu D, Brisc C, Frăţilă O,
Raţiu I, Pienar L, Şirli R,
Miuţescu B.
54 The influence of aminotransferase levels on Bota S, Sporea I, Peck- Dig Liver Dis. 2013
liver stiffness assessed by Acoustic Radosavljevic M, Sirli R, Tanaka Sep;45(9):762-8.
Radiation Force Impulse Elastography: a H, Iijima H, Saito H, Ebinuma H,
retrospective multicentre study. Lupsor M, Badea R,
Fierbinteanu-Braticevici C,
Petrisor A, Friedrich-Rust M,
Sarrazin C, Takahashi H, Ono N,
Piscaglia F, Marinelli S,
D'Onofrio M, Gallotti A, Salzl P,
Popescu A, Danila M
55 Role of interleukin-28B polymorphism as a Bota S, Sporea I, Şirli R, Neghină Clin Drug Investig. 2013
predictor of sustained virological response AM, Popescu A, Străin M. May;33(5):325-31.
in patients with chronic hepatitis C treated
with triple therapy: a systematic review
and meta-analysis.
56 To scope or to test for colorectal cancer Sporea I, Popescu A. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis.
screening? 2013 Mar;22(1):11-2
57 Guidelines for elastography. Popescu A, Sporea I. Med Ultrason. 2013
Jun;15(2):83-4
58 Liver stiffness measurements by means of Sirli R, Bota S, Sporea I, Jurchis Ultrasound Med Biol. 2013
supersonic shear imaging in patients A, Popescu A, Gradinaru-Tascău Aug;39(8):1362-7
without known liver pathology. O, Szilaski M.
59 Acoustic radiation force impulse and Sporea I, Bota S, Jurchis A, Sirli Ultrasound Med Biol. 2013
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 supersonic shear imaging versus transient R, Grădinaru-Tascău O, Popescu Nov;39(11):1933-41
elastography for liver fibrosis assessment. A, Ratiu I, Szilaski M.
60 Does experience play a role in the ability to Grădinaru-Taşcău O, Sporea I, Med Ultrason. 2013
perform liver stiffness measurements by Bota S, Jurchiş A, Popescu A, Sep;15(3):180-3
means of supersonic shear imaging (SSI)? Popescu M, Şirli R, Szilaski M.
61 Computer aided diagnosis method for Mihăilescu DM, Gui V, Toma CI, Med Ultrason. 2013
steatosis rating in ultrasound images using Popescu A, Sporea I Sep;15(3):184-90
random forests.
62 How many measurements are needed for Sporea I, Grădinaru-Taşcău O, Med Ultrason. 2013
liver stiffness assessment by 2D-Shear Bota S, Popescu A, Şirli R, Dec;15(4):268-72
Wave Elastography (2D-SWE) and which Jurchiş A, Popescu M, Dănilă M.
value should be used: the mean or median?
63 Liver elastography - an update. Sporea I, Gilja OH, Bota S, Şirli R, Med Ultrason. 2013
Popescu A. Dec;15(4):304-14
64 Factors associated with the impossibility to Bota S, Sporea I, Sirli R, Popescu Eur J Radiol. 2014
obtain reliable liver stiffness measurements A, Danila M, Jurchis A, Feb;83(2):268-72.
by means of Acoustic Radiation Force Gradinaru-Tascau O.
Impulse (ARFI) elastography--analysis of a
cohort of 1,031 subjects.
65 Which are the cut-off values of 2D-Shear Sporea I, Bota S, Gradinaru- Eur J Radiol. 2014
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4 Peg Interferon Alpha 2a (40 kDa) in Patients on Sporea I, Șirli R, Golea O, Totolici C, Romanian Journal of
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(FIT) for detection of advanced adenomas in Bota S, Iovănescu D, Burlea A, Mos Iasi. 2013 Apr-Jun;117(2):302-
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22 Aspects of renal function in patients with Velciov S, Hoinoiu B, Hoinoiu T, Rom J Intern Med. 2013 Jul-
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