Study of Liver in Bilharziasis Patients by ultrasound using Image Pattern Recognition

Abstract

This prospective, analytic, and descriptive study was performed in the Elmanageltown in the period from 2014 to 2017.The main aim of the study was to study the liver in theBilharziasis patient using Ultrasound and image pattern recognition. The study excluded all patients known other liver disease. The study followed international scanning guideline and protocol to perform liver ultrasound.The data was collected, classified, analyzed using SPSS. The results of the study showed that the male patients were dominant (58%) versus (42%) females, most affected organ was the spleen and was found in about (64%) of patient with enlarge spleen.Liver ultrasound of sample showed that most of the patients developed abnormal portal vein findings in diameter, collateralas (58%) dilated portal vein (36%) presence of collateral. The liver showed that there is (22%) decrease in size, (23%) increase,(34%)hypoechoic,(24%)hyperechoic and (51%) heterogeneous texture.In conclusion liver cirrhosis can be grade using ultrasound objectively with an accuracy of (81.1%) and with the aid of texture analysis accuracy was(94.7%), sensitivity (90.6%)and specificity of (90.1%) using linear discriminant equation.