Université D'angers

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'angers

Jérôme Boursier

Paul Cales

Gilles Hunault

Paul Calès

Sandrine Bertrais

Method for providing a reliable non-invasive diagnostic test of the presence and/or severity of a disease, and associated software and expert system includes:

Method for providing reliable non-invasive diagnostic tests

This invention relates to method of diagnosing the presence and/or severity of a liver pathology and/or of monitoring the effectiveness of a curative treatment against a liver pathology in an individual, leading to a score, comprising the combination, of at least one blood test and of at least one data issued from a physical method of diagnosing liver fibrosis, said data being selected from the group consisting of medical imaging data and clinical measurements, said combination being performed through a mathematical function. This invention also relates to a method wherein the combination through a mathematical function, of at least one blood test and of at least one data issued from a physical method of diagnosing liver fibrosis, is performed at least twice and the at least two resulting scores are combined in an algorithm based on the diagnostic reliable intervals.

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