Scientific Activity

Dr. Bogdan Procopeţ

A. Congress presentations:
1. Bogdan Procopet. „Advanced stage liver disease” EASL Momothematic conference: Liver disease in resource limited settings. Bucuresti 29-30 May, 2015 (prezentare orala)

2. Bogdan Procopet. „HVPG for all … or not?” 2nd Up-to-Date Hepatology Course, Bucharest 27th-28th May 2015 (prezentare orala)

3. B. Procopet, A. Epure, L. Filip, M. Grig orescu, A. Habic, C. Radu, M. Tantau, D. Crisan. “Malnutrition and adherence to nutritional recommendation in patients with cirrhosis” International Liver Congress (EASL) 2015, Viena, Austria. (poster)

4. J.G. Abraldes , C. Bureau , H. Stefanescu , S. Augustin , M. Ney , B. Procopet, J. Bosch, J. Genesca, A. Berzigotti “Non-invasive tools and risk of varices and clinically significant portal hypertension in compensated cirrhosis- the “ANTICIPATE” study” International Liver Congress (EASL) 2015, Viena, Austria. (resentare orala)

5. Bogdan Procopet, Oana Farcau, Marius Balagel, Dana Crisan, Horia Stefanescu, Alina Habic, Corina Radu, Diana Feier, Mircea Grigorescu. „The role of metabolic syndrome and its components in short term decompensation risk in patients with cirrhosis” International Liver Congress (EASL) 2014, Londra, Anglia.

6. Bogdan Procopet, Vasile Mircea Cristea, Marie Angele Robic, Mircea Grigorescu, Paul Serban Agachi, Sophie Metivier, JeanMarie Peron, Jean Pierre Vinel, Marcel Tantau, Christophe Bureau “Artificial neuronal networks in diagnosis and prognosis of liver cirrhosis” 21nd United European Gastroenterology Week, UEGW 2013, Berlin, Germany, October 12-16, 2013, (Top Poster Prize award, National Scholar Award)

7. Bogdan Procopet, Mircea Grigorescu, Marie Angele Robic, Sophie Metivier, Jean Marie Peron, Jean Pierre Vinel, Marcel Tantau, Christophe Bureau „Comparison of six serum tests, liver stiffness and HVPG in the prediction of clinical decompensation in chronic liver disease” Al XXXIII-lea Congres National de Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie si Endoscopie Digestiva, 12-15 iunie 2013, Timisoara, Romania (prezentare orala)

8. Bogdan Procopet, Vasile Mircea Cristea, Marie Angele Robic, Mircea Grigorescu, Paul Serban Agachi, Sophie Metivier, Jean Marie Peron, Jean Pierre Vinel, Marcel Tantau, Christophe Bureau „Artificial neuronal networks in diagnosis and prognosis of liver cirrhosis” Al XXXIII-lea Congres National de Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie si Endoscopie Digestiva, 12-15 iunie 2013, Timisoara, Romania (prezentare orala)

9. Bogdan Procopet „The name of the game is publication” International Workshop: How to write a success paper in impact factor Journals, 7-9.11.2012, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (prezentare orala)

10. Bogdan Procopet, Corina Radu, Marcel Tantau, Mircea Grigorescu, Christophe Bureau. “Transjugular liver biopsy in NAFLD” Al XXXII-lea Congres Naţional de Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie şi Endoscopie Digestivă, 14-16 iunie 2012, Targu Mures, Romania (prezentare orala).

11. Bogdan Procopet, Mircea Grigorescu, Christophe Bureau, Sophie Metivier, Marie Angele Robic, Olivier Rouquet, Karl Barange, Jean Pierre Vinel, Jean Marie Peron. „Compararea biopsie hepatice transparietale cu cea pe cale transjugulara” Al XXXII-lea Congres Naţional de Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie şi Endoscopie Digestivă, 14-16 iunie 2012, Targu Mures, Romania (poster) Premiul 2.

12. Bogdan Procopeț, Adela Serban, Cosmin Caraiani, Cristina Niculescu, Raluca Rancea, Oliviu Pascu, Radu Badea. “Malformatia Abernethy: o cauză rară de hipertensiune pulmonară” A 15-a Conferinta Nationala a Societatii Romane de Ultrasonografie in Medicina si Biologie, 31.05-02.06.2012 2011, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (comunicare orala)- lucrare premiata.

13. Bogdan Procopet, Christophe Bureau, Sophie Metivier, Marie Angele Robic, Olivier Rouquet, Karl Barange, Jean Pierre Vinel, Jean Marie Peron. Tolerance of liver biopsy in a tertiary care center: comparison of the percutaneous and transvenous route in 143 prospectively followed patients. UEGW 2011, 22.10-26.10.2011, Stockholm

14. Bogdan Procopet, Radu Badea, Dana Crisan, Mihai Socaciu, Laura Urian, Mircea Grigorescu. „Aportul tehnicilor ecografice in diagnosticul sindromului Budd-Chiari: prezentare de caz”, A 14-a Conferinta Nationala a Societatii Romane de Ultrasonografie in Medicina si Biologie, 10-12 iunie 2011, Tg Mures, Romania (comunicare orala)

15. Bogdan Procopet, Marie Angele Robic, Sophie Metivier, Jean Marie Peron, Janick Selves, Jean Pierre Vinel, Christophe Bureau. „Elastografia tranzitorie prezice cu acuratete complicatiile legate de hipertensiunea portala la pacientii cu hepatopatie cronica, Al XXXI-lea Simpozion National de Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie si Endoscopie Digestiva, 19-21 Mai 2011,
Mamaia, Romania (poster)

16. Bogdan Procopet, Christophe Bureau, Sophie Metivier, Marie Angele Robic, Karim Aziz, Karl Barange, Jean Pierre Vinel, Jean Marie Peron. „Terapia cu sorafenib nu trebuie sa modifice strategia de prevenire a complicatiilor legate de hipertensiunea portala”, Al XXXI-lea Simpozion National de Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie si Endoscopie Digestiva, 19-21 Mai 2011, Mamaia,
Romania (poster).

17. Bogdan Procopet, Marie Angele Robic, Sophie Metivier, Jean Marie Peron, Janick Selves, Jean Pierre Vinel, Christophe Bureau. „Liver stiffness accurately predicts portal hypertension related complications in patients with chronic liver disease: a prospective study” International Liver Congress (EASL) 2011 », in perioada 30.03-03.04.2011, Berlin, Germanialucrare
premiata (Top 10% abstract).

18. Bogdan Procopet, Christophe Bureau, Sophie Metivier, Marie Angele Robic, Karim Aziz, Karl Barange, Jean Pierre Vinel, Jean Marie Peron. „Le traitement par sorafénib de doit pas changer les stratégies préventives des complications liées à la hypertension portale”. Journees Francophone d’Hepato Gastroenterologie et d’Oncologie Digestive », in perioada 24-27.03.2011,
Paris, Franta

B. Original Articles:
1. Pop A, Procopet B*, Stefanescu H, Cavasi A, Tantau M, Andreica V. Clostridium Difficile Screening in Cirrhosis: One for All, or Some for One? Dig Dis Sci. 2015; 60: 3825-3826* autor corespondent, IF=2.613

2. Procopet B, Cristea VM, Robic MA, Grigorescu M, Agachi PS, Metivier S, Peron JM, Selves J, Stefanescu H, Berzigotti A, Vinel JP, Bureau C. Serum tests, liver stiffness and artificial neural networks for diagnosing cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Dig Liver Dis.
2015 May;47(5):411-6(IF=2.963)

3. Procopet B, Farcau O, Balagel M, Crisan D, Stefanescu H, Pop A, Fischer P, Habic A, Radu C, Tantau M, Grigorescu M. The metabolic syndrome is not correlated with the short-term risk of decompensation in patients with cirrhosis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis.
2014 Dec;23(4):397-403. (IF=2.202)

4. Procopet B, Farcau O, Balagel M, Crisan D, Stefanescu H, Pop A, Fischer P, Habic A, Radu C, Tantau M, Grigorescu M. The metabolic syndrome is not correlated with the short-term risk of decompensation in patients with cirrhosis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis.
2014 Dec;23(4):397-403. (IF=2.202)

5. Stefanescu H, Procopet B. Noninvasive assessment of portal hypertension in cirrhosis: liver stiffness and beyond. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Dec 7;20(45):16811-9 (IF=2.369)

6. Stefanescu H, Radu C, Procopet B, Lupsor-Platon M, Habic A, Tantau M, Grigorescu M. Non-invasive ménage à trois for the prediction of high-risk varices: stepwise algorithm using lok score, liver and spleen stiffness. Liver Int. 2015;35(2):317-25. (IF=4.85)

7. Ble M, Procopet B, Miquel R, Hernandez-Gea V, García-Pagán JC. Transjugular Liver Biopsy. Clin Liver Dis. 2014;18:767-778

8. Radu C, Stefanescu H, Procopet B, Lupsor Platon M, Tantau M, Grigorescu M. Is spleen stiffness a predictor of clinical decompensation in cirrhotic patients? J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2014;23:223-4

9. Procopet B, Bureau C. Invasive and non-invasive diagnosis of portal hypertension in cirrhosis. Curr Hepatology Rep, 2014. 13: 180-188

10. Stefanescu H, Procopet B, Platon Lupsor M. Modiefied spleen stiffness measurement: a step forward, but still not the solution to all problems in the noninvasive assessment of cirrhotic patients. J Viral Hepat. 2014; 21:e54-e54, IF=3.307

11. Radu C, Stefanescu H, Procopet B, Platon Lupsor M, Tantau M, Grigorescu M. Is spleen stiffness a predictor of clinical decompensation in cirrhotic patients? J Gastrointestin Livir Dis. 2014;23:223-224. IF=1.855

12. Procopet B, Berzigotti A. New Tools for the Noninvasive Assessment of Cirrhosis. Curr Hepatology Rep DOI 10.1007/s11901-014-0215-9

13. Stefanescu H, Procopet B*, Platon-Lupsor M, Bureau C. Is There Any Place for Spleen Stiffness Measurement in Portal Hypertension? Am J Gastro, 2013, 108(10):1660-1; * autor corespondent, IF= 7.553

14. Procopeţ B, Tantau M, Bureau C. Are there any alternative methods to hepatic venous pressure gradient in portal hypertension assessment? J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2013 Mar;22(1):73-8, IF=1.811

15. Badea R, Andreica V, Caraiani C, Procopet B*. Atherosclerotic splenic artery aneurysm in a decompensated cirrhotic patient. J Med Ultrasonics. 2013; DOI 10.1007/s10396-013-0434-7. * autor corespondent, IF=0.33

16. Dina L, Procopet B*, Pascu O, Stefănescu H, Caraiani C, Tantau M. Severe hemorrhage from isolated ileal varices in a patient with cirrhosis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2012;21:346. * autor corespondent, IF=1.811

17. Badea R, Serban A, Procopet B*, Caraiani C, Pascu O. Abernethy malformation-congenital portocaval shunt. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;27:1875. * autor corespondent, IF= 3.325

18. Procopet B*, Bureau C, Peron JM. Letter: sorafenib in portal hypertension. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Nov;36(10):994* autor corespondent, IF= 4.548

19. Badea R, Al Hajjar N, Andreica V, Procopeţ B, Caraiani C, Tamas-Szora A. Appendicitis associated with intestinal malrotation: imaging diagnosis features. Case report. Med Ultrason. 2012 Jun;14(2):164-7.

20. Procopet B, Bureau C, Métivier S, Selves J, Robic MA, Christol C, Grigorescu M, Vinel JP, Péron JM. Tolerance of liver biopsy in a tertiary care center: comparison of the percutaneous and the transvenous route in 143 prospectively followed patients. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Oct;24(10):1209-13, * autor corespondent, IF= 1.915.

21. Badea R, Barsan M, Mercea V, Encica S, Socaciu M, Procopet B*. A case report of solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: ultrasound diagnostic features. Journal of Medical Ultrasonics. 2012. Apr. 39(2):97-100. * autor corespondent, IF=0.635

22. Badea R, Stan-Iuga R, Lupsor M, Molnar G, Seicean A, Procopet B*. Solid Pseudopapillary Pancreatic Tumor: Added Value Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Follow-up. Journal of Medical Ultrasound (2011) 19, 99-102* autor corespondent

23. Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Lupsor M, Procopet B, Maniu A, Badea R. Spleen stiffness measurement using Fibroscan for the noninvasive assessment of esophageal varices in liver cirrhosis patients. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Jan;26(1):164-70, IF=2.865.

24. Robic MA*, Procopet B*, Métivier S, Péron JM, Selves J, Vinel JP, Bureau C. Liver stiffness accurately predicts portal hypertension related complications in patients with chronic liver disease: a prospective study. J Hepatol. 2011 Nov;55(5):1017-24, * contributii egale, IF= 9.334.

25. Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Lupsor M, Maniu A, Crisan D, Procopet B, Feier D, Badea R. A new and simple algorithm for the noninvasive assessment of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients using serum fibrosis markers and transient elastography. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2011 Mar;20(1):57-64, IF= 1.811

26. Bureau C, Métivier S, D'Amico M, Péron JM, Otal P, Pagan JC, Chabbert V, Chagneau-Derrode C, Procopet B, Rousseau H, Bosch J, Vinel JP. Serum bilirubin and platelet count: a simple predictive model for survival in patients with refractory ascites treated by TIPS. J Hepatol. 2011 May;54(5):901-7, IF= 9.334

27. Badea R, Barsan M, Scridon T, Miclaus G, Pascu O, Molnar G, Procopet B*. Superior mesenteric artery aneurysm: importance of sonography as the primary imaging technique for detection. Ultrasound Med. 2010 Oct;29(10):1503-6, * autor corespondent, IF=1.246

28. Badea R, Seicean A, Procopet B*, Dina L, Osian G. Pseudoaneurysm of splenic artery ruptured in pancreatic pseudocyst and complicated by wirsungorrhagia: the role of the ultrasound techniques and contrast substances. Ultraschall Med. 2011 Apr;32(2):205-7, *autor corespondent, IF= 2,398

Dr. Horia Ştefănescu

A. Textbook chapters:
1. Ştefănescu H, Golea A, Badea R. Soluţii de telemedicină şi e-health aplicate în ultrasonografie. În Badea R, Dudea S, Mircea PM, Stamate M. Tratat de ultrasonografie clinică, vol III. Ed Medicală 2008, Bucureşti, pag 705-713

2. Ştefănescu H, Badea R, Grigorescu M, Tripon S. Screeningul ecografic al carcinomului hepatocelular folosind tehnici de telemedicină şi diagnostic asistat de calculator. In: M. Grigorescu, M.Beuran. Actualităţi în patologia hepatică. Ed.Medicală Universitară ”Iuliu Haţieganu” Cluj Napoca, 2008, pag. 156 – 165

3. Lupşor M, Badea R, Ştefănescu H. Evaluarea neinvazivă a fibrozei hepatice. In Pascu O. Esenţialul in gastroenterologie. Ed Medicală Universitară Iuliu-Haţieanu Cluj-Napoca, 2008, pag 390-396

4. Lupsor M, Stefanescu H, Feier D, Badea R. Non-Invasive Evaluation of Liver Steatosis, Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patients Using Unidimensional Transient Elastography (Fibroscan®). In Togaya N (ed).Liver Biopsy - Indications, Procedures, Results. InTech 2012. DOI: 10.5772/52621

B. Original articles:
1. Stefanescu H, Lupsor-Platon M, Badea R. The Devils’ Triangle of Steatosis, Obesity and Liver Stiffness. Hepatology 2015. doi: 10.1002/hep.27948

2. Stefanescu AC, Pop TL, Stefanescu H, Miu N. Transient elastography of the liver in children with Wilson's disease: Preliminary results. J Clin Ultrasound. 2015. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22281

3. Lupșor-Platon M, Feier D, Stefanescu H, Tamas A, Botan E, Sparchez Z, Maniu A, Badea R. Diagnostic accuracy of controlled attenuation parameter measured by transient elastography for the non-invasive assessment of liver steatosis: a prospective study. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2015;24(1):35-42

4. Bintintan A, Chira RI, Bintintan VV, Nagy GA, Manzat-Saplacan MR, Lupsor-Platon M, Stefanescu H, Duma MM, Valean SD, Mircea PA. Value of hepatic elastography and Doppler indexes for predictions of esophageal varices in liver cirrhosis. Med Ultrason. 2015;17(1):5-11. doi: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.171.abric

5. Procopet B, Cristea VM, Robic MA, Grigorescu M, Agachi PS, Metivier S, Peron JM, Selves J, Stefanescu H, Berzigotti A, Vinel JP, Bureau C. Serum tests, liver stiffness and artificial neural networks for diagnosing cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Dig Liver Dis. 2015;47(5):411-6. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2015.02.001

6. Procopet B, Farcau O, Balagel M, Crisan D, Stefanescu H, Pop A, Fischer P, Habic A, Radu C, Tantau M, Grigorescu M. The metabolic syndrome is not correlated with the short-term risk of decompensation in patients with cirrhosis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2014;23(4):397-403

7. Stefanescu H, Procopet B. Noninvasive assessment of portal hypertension in cirrhosis: liver stiffness and beyond. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 ;20(45):16811-9

8. Lupşor-Platon M, Stefanescu H, Mureșan D, Florea M, Szász ME, Maniu A, Badea R. Noninvasive assessment of liver steatosis using ultrasound methods. Med Ultrason. 2014 Sep;16(3):236-45

9. Radu C, Stefanescu H, Procopet B, Lupsor Platon M, Tantau M, Grigorescu M. Is spleen stiffness a predictor of clinical decompensation in cirrhotic patients? J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2014 Jun;23(2):223-4

10. Stefanescu H, Radu C, Procopet B, Lupsor-Platon M, Habic A, Tantau M, Grigorescu M. Noninvasive Ménage À Trois for the Prediction of High-Risk Varices: Stepwise Algorithm Using Lok Score, Liver and Spleen Stiffness. Liver International 2014. 35(2); 317-325

11. Stefanescu H, Procopet B, Lupsor-Platon M. Modified spleen stiffness measurement: a step forward, but still not the solution to all problems in the noninvasive assessment of cirrhotic patients. J Viral Hepat. 2014;21(7):e54. doi:10.1111/jvh.12195

12. Stefanescu H, Procopet B, Platon Lupsor M, Bureau C. Is There Any Place for Spleen Stiffness Measurement in Portal Hypertension? Am J Gastroenterol 2013; 108(10):1660-1661

13. Feier D, Lupsor Platon M, Stefanescu H, Badea R.Transient elastography for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in viral C liver cirrhosis. Is there something else than increased liver stiffness? J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2013; 22(3): 283-289

14. Lupsor Platon M, Stefanescu H, Feier D, Maniu A, Badea R. Performance of Unidimensional Transient Elastography in Staging Chronic Hepatitis C. Results from a Cohort of 1,202 Biopsied Patients from one Single Center. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2013; 22(2): 157-166

15. Dina L, Procopet B, Pascu O, Stefanescu H, Caraiani C, Tantau M. Severe hemorrhage from isolated ileal varices in a patient with cirrhosis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2012; 21(4): 346

16. Lupsor M, Badea R, Vicas C, Nedevschi S, Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Radu C, Crisan D. Non-invasive Steatosis Assessment through the Computerized Processing of Ultrasound Images: Attenuation versus First Order Texture Parameters. IFMBE Proceedings 2011; 36: 184–18

17. Stoean C, Stoean R, Lupsor M, Stefanescu H, Badea R. Feature selection for a cooperative coevolutionary classifier in liver fibrosis diagnosis. Comput Med Biol 2011; 41(4): 238-246

18. Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Lupsor M, Maniu A, Crisan D, Procopet B, Feier D, Badea R. A New and Simple Algorithm for the Noninvasive Assessment of Esophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients Using Serum Fibrosis Markers and Transient Elastography. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2011; 20(1): 57-64

19. Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Lupsor M, Procopet B, Maniu A, Badea R. Spleen stiffness measurement using fibroscan for the noninvasive assessment of esophageal varices in liver cirrhosis patients.J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011; 26:164-170

20. Stoean R, Stoean C, Lupsor M, Stefanescu H, Badea R. Evolutionary-driven support vector machines for determining the degree of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. Artif Intell Med. 2011; 51(1):53-65

21. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Serban A, Radu C, Crisan D, Sparchez Z, Iancu SC, Maniu A. Performance of Unidimensional Transient Elastography in Staging Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2010; 19(1): 53-60

22. Stoean R, Stoean C, Lupsor M, Stefanescu H, Badea R. Evolutionary Conditional Rules versus Support Vector Machines Weighted Formulas for Liver Fibrosis Degree Prediction. Annals of the University of Craiova, Mathematics and Computer Science Series 2010; 37(1):43-54

23. Lupşor M, Badea R, Vicaş C, Nedevschi S, Grigorescu M, Radu C, Stefanescu H, Crisan D. Noninvasive steatosis assessment in NASH through the computerized processing of ultrasound images: attenuation versus textural parameters. Proceedings of 2010 IEEE-International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics. 2010; 2: 333-338

24. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefănescu H, Sparchez Z, Branda H, Serban A, Maniu A. Performance of a New Elastographic Method (ARFI technology) Compared to Unidimensional Transient Elastography in the Noninvasive Assessment of Chronic Hepatitis C. Preliminary Results. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2009; 18(3): 303-310

25. Lupşor M, Badea R, Vicaş C, Nedevschi S, Grigorescu M, Stefănescu H, Sparchez Z, Radu C, Crişan D, Serban A Detection of steatosis in chronic hepatitis C, based on the evaluation of the attenuation coefficient computed on the ultrasound image. Medical Ultrasonography 2008; 10(1): 13-20

26. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefănescu H, Grigorescu M, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Branda H, Iancu S, Maniu A. Analysis of histopathological changes that influence liver stiffness in chronic hepatitis C. Results from a cohort of 324 patients. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2008; 17(2): 155-163

27. Badea R, Lupsor M, Stefanescu H, Vicas C, Mitrea D, Socaciu M, Nedevschi S. Integrated procedures of evaluating the hepatic morphology, for the non-invasive detection and quantification of steatosis and fibrosis based on the ultrasound diagnosis. Automat. Comput. Appl. Math. 2008; 17(1): 1-11

28. Lupsor M, Badea R, Vicaş C, Nedevschi S Grigorescu M, Stefănescu H, Radu C, Crisan D, Sparchez Z, Serban Al, Branda H. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis based on the quantitative evaluation of the ultrasound beam behavior into the liver. Proceedings of 2008 IEEE-TTTC International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics. 2008; 3: 112-117

29. Cazan R, Dancea O, Capatana D, Stefanescu H, Badea R, Luspor M, Stoian A. Hepatocellular carcinoma telescreening system. Proceedings of 2008 IEEE-TTTC International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics. 2008; 3: 149-154 (indexat ISI Proceedings)

30. Lupşor M, Badea R, Vicaş C, Nedevschi S, Grigorescu M, Stefănescu H, Sparchez Z, Branda H, Radu C, Crişan D, Serban A. The diagnosis performance of the attenuation coefficient computed on the ultrasonic image in comparison with the classical ultrasonographic examination, to quantify the hepatic fat content in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients. Romanian Journal of Hepatology. 2008; 4: 21-30

31. Ştefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Tripon S, Pop T, Dancea O, Capatâna D, Stoian I, Cazan R, Nedevschi S, Mitrea D, Marita T, Neamtu L, Popita V. Telemedicine Network for Ultrasound Screening of HCC. Acta Electrotehnica 2007; 48 (4): 107-110

32. Lupşor M, Badea R, Ştefănescu H. New perspectives in the noninvasive evaluation of liver fibrosis: ultrasonic transient elastography (FibroScan®). Romanian Journal of Hepatology. 2007; 3(1): 39-49

33. Lupşor M, Nedevschi S, Vicaş C, Badea R, Grigorescu M, Tripon S, Ştefănescu H, Radu C, Serban A, Suteu T. Estimating the fibrosis stage in the human liver tissue using image processing methods on ultrasonographic images. Preliminary results. Proceedings of the Euro-Mediterranean Medical Informatics and Telemedicine. 3rd International Conference. 2007: 311-318

34. Vicas C, Nedevschi S, Lupsor M, Badea R, Ştefanescu H. Fibrosis detection from ultrasound imaging. The influence of necro-inflammatory activity and steatosis over the detection rates. Journal of Automation, Computers, Applied Mathematics 2007; 16 (3): 27-33

35. Moşteanu O, Pop T, Badea R, Lupşor M, Ştefănesu H, Raica P, Vătăjelu I, Miclea L. Role of Imaging and Modelling in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Angiogenesis Noninvasive Assessment. Acta Electrotehnica 2007; 48 (4):207-210

36. Lupşor M, Badea R, Nedevschi S, Vicaş C, Tripon S, Ştefănescu H, Radu C, Grigorescu M. The Assessment of Liver Fibrosis using the Computerized Analysis of Ultrasonographic Images. Is the Virtual Biopsy appearing as an Option? Acta Electrotehnica 2007; 48 (4): 245-250

37. Mitrea D, Nedevschi S, Mitrea P, Lupşor M, Badea R, Grigorescu M, Ştefănescu H, Tripon S, Radu C. Texture-Based Methods and Data Mining in Ultrasound Images for Diffuse Liver Diseases Severity Characterization. Acta Electrotehnica 2007; 48 (4): 211-216

38. H Ştefănescu, R Badea, M Lupşor, I Stoian, C Schiau. Telescreening System For Early Detection Of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. EEE-TTTC International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics. 2006, vol. II: 473-477

39. R Badea, M Lupşor, H Ştefănescu, S Nedevschi, D Mitrea, A Şerban, T Vasile. Ultrasonography contribution to the detection and characterization of hepatic restructuring: is the "virtual biopsy" taken into consideration? J Gastrointestin Liver Dis, 2006; 15(2): 189-194

40. Badea R, Ştefănescu H, Lupşor M, Sparchez Z, Branda H, Pop T, Tripon S, Grigorescu M, Nedevschi S, Stoian I, Popiţa V, Mitrea D, Căpăţană D, Dancea O, Suteu O, Neamţiu L. Screening and surveillance in liver cirrhosis. Actual trends for the early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma. Is the Telehepascan project a viable option? Rom J Hepatol 2006; 2(1): 27-35

41. SC Iancu, H Ştefănescu, R Badea, S Iancu, V Bonaţ, S Nemeş, A Tarţa. Soluţii de telemedicină şi e-health aplicate în ultrasonografie. EcoDis - proiect pilot de telesonografie. Rev Rom Ultrasonografie 2006; 8:158-163

42. R Badea, A Golea, S Iancu, C Caraiani, H Ştefănescu. Protocol de examinare ecografică pentru medicii de familie în vederea consultului la distanţă. Disponibil on-line pe website-ul proiectului EcoDis la adresa http://www.mediclass.org/ecodis/help/protocol_examinare_ecodis.pdf

43. H Ştefănescu, M Grigorescu, M Tanţău, R Badea, R Cormoş. Portal biliopathy-a lesser known complication of portal hypertension. Case report and review of the literature. Rom J Gastroenterol, 2003; 12: 309-314.

C. Abstracts:
1. Stefanescu H, Procopet B, Robic MA, Peron JM, Radu C, Maniu A, Badea R, Bureau C. VALIDATION OF SPLEEN STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT AS A NONINVASIVE MARKER FOR CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT PORTAL HYPERTENSION AND LARGE ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2013; 22(suppl 1): 16-17

2. Stefanescu A, Pop T, Stefanescu H, Feier D, Bizo A, Miu N. SERUM CREATININE AND THE PRESENCE OF ENCEPHALOPATHY AT PRESENTATION MAY PREDICT MORTALITY IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LIVER FAILURE. J Hepatol 2013; 53: S417

3. Stefanescu H, Procopet B, Robic MA, Peron JM, Radu C, Badea R, Bureau C. SPLEEN STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT AS A NONINVASIVE SUROGATE MARKER OF CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT PORTAL HYPERTENSION AND LARGE ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS. Gut 2012; 61 (Suppl 3) A108

4. Stefanescu H, Lupsor M, Procopet B, Maniu A, Badea R. PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS AND INCREASED HEPATIC ARTERIAL FLOW HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON LIVER STIFFNESS. Proceedings of the EASL Monothematic Conference on Vascular Liver Diseases, Tallin, Estonia, p72

5. Stefanescu H, Lupsor M, Procopet B, Feier D, Maniu A, Badea R, Grigorescu M, Radu C. SPLEEN STIFFNESS TO PLATELETS INDEX: A NOVEL NONINVASIVE PARAMETER FOR PREDICTION OF LARGE ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2012; 21(suppl 2): 83-84

6. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Feier D, Tamas A, Sparchez Z. THE PERFORMANCE OF CONTROLLED ATTENUATION PARAMETER (CAP) FOR THE NON-INVASIVE EVALUATION OF STEATOSIS USING FIBROSCAN(®). PRELIMINARY RESULTS. Journal of Hepatology. 2012; 56(Sppl 2):S514.

7. Stefanescu H, Bastard C, Lupsor M, Feier D, Miette V, Sandrin L, Badea R. A new, modified calculation algorithm for spleen stiffness measurement using fibroscan increases the performance of the noninvasive diagnosis of large esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients. Gut 2011; 60 (Suppl 3) A244

8. Lupsor M, Badea R, Vicas C, Nedevschi S, Stefãnescu H, Grigorescu M, Radu C, Crisan D, Spârchez Z, Serban A. The diagnosis performance of the attenuation coefficient computed on the ultrasonic image in comparison with the classical ultrasonographic examination, to quantify the hepatic fat content in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2011; 37 (8S): S80-81

9. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Feier D. The diagnosis performance of ultrasonic transient elastography for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in 1138 chronic hepatitis C patients. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2011; 37 (8S): S81

10. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Feier D, Crisan D, Sparchez Z. Performance of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging (ARFI) in the noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2011; 37 (8S): S81-S82

11. Feier D, Badea R, Lupsor M, Stefanescu H. Meta-analysis of contrast-enhanced hepatic vein transit time in the diagnosis of viral B versus viral C liver cirrhosis. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2011; 37 (8S): S105

12. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Maniu A, Crisan D, Procopet B, Feier D, Grigorescu M. Flosirea concomitenta a scorului Lok si a Fibroscanului imbunatatesc acurtatea diagnosticului neinvaziv al varicelor esofagiene mari la pacientii cirotici. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2011; 20(suppl 1): 90-91

13. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Maniu A, Tincau C. Valorile cutoff optime pentru predictia fiecarui stadiu de fibroza in hepatita cronica virala C in Romania. Rezultate pe un lot de 1138. Pacienti. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2011; 20(suppl 1): 62

14. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Feier D, Crisan D, Sparchez Z, Serban A. Performanta tehnicii ARFI in evaluarea noninvaziva a fibrozei hepatice in comparatie cu scorul FIB4. Poster prezentat cu ocazia celei de-a 14- a Conferinte Nationale a Societatii Romane de Ultrasonografie in Medicina si Biologie 2011, Targu Mures, 2011

15. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Maniu A. The diagnosis performance of ultrasonic transient elastography for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in 1138 chronic hepatitis C patients. EPOS 2011 doi: 10.1594/ecr2011/C-0649

16. Stefanescu H, Bastard C, Lupsor M, Feier D, Miette V, Sandrin L, Badea R. Spleen Stiffness measurement using Fibroscan and a modified calculation algorithm increases the diagnosis performance of large esophageal varices in cirrhosis patients. J Hepatology 2011; 54(Supplement 1):S545

17. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Feier D, Crisan D, Radu C, Serban A, Sparchez Z, Maniu A. Performance of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in the noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis, in comparison to FIB4 Score. J Hepatology 2011; 54(Supplement 1):S136

18. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Procopet B, Maniu A, Grigorescu M. Spleen stiffness measured by transient elastography increases the accuracy of noninvasive diagnosis of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients, if used together with liver stiffness. Poster abstract nr 85, Proceedings of EASL Monothematic Conference Evaluation of Disease Severity and Prognosis in Chronic Liver Disease, Nice, 2011, p135

19. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Maniu A, Crisan D, Procopet B, Feier D, Grigorescu M. Used together, Lok Score and Liver Stiffness increase the accuracy of the noninvasive diagnosis of large esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients. Poster abstract nr 86, Proceedings of EASL Monothematic Conference Evaluation of Disease Severity and Prognosis in Chronic Liver Disease, Nice, 2011, p136

20. Feier DS, Badea R, Lupsor M, Stefanescu H, Crisan D, Radu C, Maniu A. Ultrasound contrast enhanced hepatic vein transit time in the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis - a metaanalysis. Poster abstract nr 29, Proceedings of EASL Monothematic Conference Evaluation of Disease Severity and Prognosis in Chronic Liver Disease, Nice, 2011, p79

21. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Feier D, Crisan D, Serban A, Sparchez Z, Maniu A. Performance of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in the noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis, in comparison to unidimensional transient elastography. Poster abstract nr 56, Proceedings of EASL Monothematic Conference Evaluation of Disease Severity and Prognosis in Chronic Liver Disease, Nice, 2011, p106

22. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Radu C, Crisan D, Serban A, Sparchez Z, Maniu A, Feier D. Performance of transient elastography for the diagnosis of fibrosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Factors determining the diagnosis discordances. Poster abstract nr 57, Proceedings of EASL Monothematic Conference Evaluation of Disease Severity and Prognosis in Chronic Liver Disease, Nice, 2011, p107

23. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Maniu A. A new noninvasive sero-elastographic algorithm for the assessment
of large esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis. GUT 2010; 59 (3): A428

24. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Crisan D, Chira O, Damian D, Serban A, Sparchez Z, Maniu A. The performance of liver stiffness measurement for noninvasive fibrosis assessment in chronic hepatitis c. result from a cohort of 1028 patients. GUT 2010; 59 (3): A324

25. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Crisan D, Chira O, Damian D, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Maniu A. The diagnosis performance of ultrasonic transient elastography for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients in comparison to chronic hepatitis C patients. GUT 2010; 59 (3): A431

26. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Maniu A. The diagnosis performance of ultrasonic transient elastography for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients. GUT 2010; 59(3): A431

27. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Radu C, Crisan D, Serban A, Sparchez Z, Maniu A. Performanta elastografiei tranzitorii unidimensionale în evaluarea neinvaziva a fibrozei la pacientii biopsiati cu hepatită cronică virală C. Rezultate pe un lot de 1138 pacienti. Romanian Journal of hepatology 2010; 6(3): 89-91

28. Lupsor M, Badea R, Vicas C, Nedevschi S, Stefãnescu H, Grigorescu M, Radu C, Crisan D, Spârchez Z. Performanţa determinării coeficientului de atenuare al ultrasunetelor comparativ cu examinarea ultrasonografică “uzuală” pentru cuantificarea steatozei la pacienţii cu steatohepatită nonalcoolică. Romanian Journal of hepatology 2010; 6(3): 98-100

29. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Maniu A, Crisan D, Procopet B, Feier D, Grigorescu M. Folosirea concomitenta a scorului Lok si a Fibroscanului imbunatatesc acuratetea diagnosticului noninvaziv al varicelor esofagiene mari la pacientii cirotici. Romanian Journal of hepatology 2010; 6(3): 91-92

30. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Procopet B, Maniu A, Grigorescu M. Rigiditatea splinei masurata prin elastografie tranzitorie creste acuratetea diagnosticului neinvaziv al varicelor esofagiene la pacientii cirotici in asociere cu rigiditatea hepatica. Romanian Journal of hepatology 2010; 6(3): 92-9

31. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Sparchez Z, Maniu A. Performanta tehnicii ARFI comparativ cu elastografia tranzitorie unidimensionala in evaluarea neinvaziva a fibrozei hepatice. Medical Ultrasonography 2010; 12 (1):88-90

32. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Sparchez Z, Maniu A. Performance of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in the noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis, in comparison to unidimensional transient elastography in HCV patients. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2010; 19(suppl 1): 202

33. Lupsor M, Badea R, Vicas C, Nedevschi S, Stefãnescu H, Grigorescu M, Radu C, Crisan D, Spârchez Z, Stanciu A. The diagnosis performance of the attenuation coefficient computed on the ultrasonic image in comparison with the classical ultrasonographic examination, to quantify the hepatic fat content in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2010; 19(suppl 1): 202-203

34. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Radu C, Crisan D, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Maniu A. Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis using unidimensional transient elastography (Fibroscan). J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2010; 19(suppl 1): 40-41

35. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Grigorescu M, Procopet B, Maniu A. The added value of spleen stiffness measurement using transient elastography for the noninvasive assessment of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2010; 19(suppl 1): 55-56

36. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Procopet B, Maniu A, Grigorescu M. Could spleen stiffness measured by transient elastography be another noninvasive parameter that assesses the progression of chronic liver disease? J Hepatol 2010; 52:S174-S174

37. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, et al. Performance of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in the noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis, in comparison to unidimensional transient elastography. J Hepatol 2010;52:S165-S166

38. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Maniu A, Branda H, Sparchez ZA, Serban A. Non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment using a new ultrasonographic method: Acoustic radiation force elastography. DOI 10.1594/ecr2010/C-0001. Lucrare prezentata la “European Congress of Radiology”, Viena, Austria 3-9 martie 2010

39. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Sparchez ZA, Branda H, Serban A, Maniu A. The diagnosis performance of ultrasonic transient elastography for noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients. DOI10.1594/ecr2010/C-0101. Lucrare prezentata la “European Congress of Radiology”, Viena, Austria 3-9 martie 2010

40. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Maniu A, Branda H, Sparchez Z, Serban A. The performance of a new ultrasonographic method (acoustic radiation force elastography) for non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis. Proceedings of the 21st EUROSON Congress, Edinburgh, 6-9 Dec 2009, p48

41. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Sparchez Z, Branda H, Serban A, Maniu A. The diagnosis performance of ultrasonic transient elastography for noninvasive assessment of chronic hepatitis C patients. Proceedings of the 21st EUROSON Congress, Edinburgh, 6-9 Dec 2009, p48

42. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Procopet B, Grigorescu M, Maniu A. The added value of sleen stiffness measurement using transient elastography for the noninvasive assessment of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis. GUT 2009; 58 (suppl II): A 75

43. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Maniu A, Sparchez Z, Branda H, Serban A, Grigorescu M. The performance ofliver stiffness measurements for the diagnosis of fibrosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. GUT 2009; 58 (suppl II):A 49

44. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Maniu A, Branda H, Sparchez Z, Serban A. Acoustic radiation force elastography versus transient elastography for non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C: a new alternative? GUT 2009; 58 (suppl II): A 197

45. Lupsor M, Badea R, Vicas C, Nedevschi S, Grigorescu M, Stefanescu H, Radu C, Crisan D, Socaciu M, Sparchez Z, Serban A. The performance of attenuation coefficient computed on the ultrasound image in quantifying liver steatosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients. GUT 2009; 58 (suppl II): A 197

46. Lupsor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Sparchez Z, Branda H, Serban A, Maniu A. Validation of transient elastography for predicting the fibrosis stage in a large cohort of chronic hepatitis C patients. GUT 2009; 58 (suppl II): A 501

47. Lupșor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Maniu A, Radu C, Crișan D, Sparchez Z, Branda H, Serban A, Grigorescu M. Evaluarea neinvazivă a fibrozei în steatohepatita nonalcoolică prin elastografie tranzitorie unidimensională (Fibroscan). Romanian Journal of Hepatology 2009; 5(supl1): 66-67

48. Lupșor M, Badea R, Vicaș C, Nedevschi S, Stefãnescu H, Grigorescu M, Radu M, Crișan D, Spârchez Z, Branda H, Serban A, Maniu A. The diagnosis performance of the attenuation coefficient computed on the ultrasonic image in comparison with the classical ultrasonographic examination, to quantify the hepatic fat content in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients. Proceedings of EASL Special Conference on NAFLD/NASH and related metabolic disease. 2009; 169

49. Stefănescu H, Badea R, Lupşor M, Grigorescu M, Procopeţ B, Maniu A Rigiditatea splinei ca şi metodă neinvazivă de evaluare a hipertensiunii portale la pacienţii cu hepatopatii cronice. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2009;18(suppl 1): 15

50. Stefănescu H, Badea R, Lupşor M, Grigorescu M, Procopeţ B, Maniu A, Sparchez Z, Branda H, Serban A. Evaluarea neinvazivă a varicelor esofagiene la pacienţii cirotici folosind elastografia tranzitorie unidimensională. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2009; 18(suppl 1): 91

51. Lupşor M, Badea R, Vicaş C, Nedevschi S, Grigorescu M, Stefănescu H, Radu C, Crişan D, Socaciu M, Sparchez
Z, Branda H, Serban A. Cuantificarea steatozei in hepatita cronică virală C prin calcularea coeficientului de atenuare al ultrasunetelor pe imaginea ecografică. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2009; 18(suppl 1): 16

52. Lupşor M, Badea R, Stefănescu H, Grigorescu M, Spârchez Z, Serban A, Branda H, Maniu A. Validarea elastografiei tranzitorii unidimensionale în predicţia fibrozei într-un lot de 743 pacienţi biopsiaţi cu hepatită cronică virală C. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2009; 18(suppl 1): 81

53. Lupşor M, Badea R, Stefănescu H, Maniu A, Branda H, Spârchez Z, Serban A. Elastografia prin tehnica ARFI versus elastografia tranzitorie unidimensionala (Fibroscan) pentru evaluarea neinvazivă a fibrozei în hepatita cronică virală C: o nouă metodă de diagnostic? J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2009; 18(suppl 1): 96

54. Lupşor M, Badea R, Stefănescu H, Maniu A, Branda H, Sparchez Z, Serban A. Evaluarea performanţei unei noi metode elastografice (tehnica ARFI) în aprecierea neinvazivă a fibrozei în hepatita cronică virală C. Medical Ultrasonography 2009; 11(1): 43-44

55. Lupşor M, Badea R, Stefănescu H, Grigorescu M, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Branda H, Maniu A. Valorile cutoff ale rigiditatii hepatice, apreciate cu ajutorul elastografiei tranzitorii unidimensionale (Fibroscan) predictive pentru fiecare stadiu de fibroză la pacienţii cu hepatită cronică virală C. Medical Ultrasonography 2009; 11(1): 44-45

56. Lupsor M, Badea R, Vicas C, Nedevschi S, Stefãnescu H, Grigorescu M, Spârchez Z, Branda H, Radu C, Crisan D, Serban A, Maniu A. Performanţa determinării coeficientului de atenuare al ultrasunetelor comparativ cu examinarea ultrasonografică uzuală pentru cuantificarea steatozei la pacienţii cu steatohepatită nonalcoolică. Medical Ultrasonography 2009; 11(1): 42-43

57. Stefanescu H, Lupsor M, Grigorescu M, Procopet B, Maniu A, Badea R. Transient elastography of the spleen as non-invasive assessment of portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis patients. Poster abstract nr 63, Proceedings of EASL Monothematic Conference Portal Hypertension: Advances in Knowledge, Evaluation and Management, Budapest, 2009, p130

58. Gorunescu, M., Belciug, S., Abdel Badeeh, S., Lupsor, M., Badea, R., Stefanescu, H. A machine learning-based diagnosis for liver diseases using the Fibroscan medical ultrasound technique. Proceedings ACM 4th International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems ICICIS09, Cairo 18 – 22 March 2009, pp. 243-248,2009. (catalog ACM)

59. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupşor M, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Grigorescu M, Iancu S, Suteu T. Iron deposition seems to not influence liver stiffness in chronic hepatitis C patients. GUT 2008; 57 (supl II): A292

60. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupşor M, Grigorescu M, Sparchez Z, Branda H, Serban A, Iancu S, Maniu A. Transient
elastography and another two simple ultrasound non-invasive indexes for diagnosisng liver cirrhosis. GUT 2008; 57 (supl II): A392

61. Lupşor M, Badea R, Vicaş C, Nedevschi S, Grigorescu M, Stefănescu H, Sparchez Z, Radu C, Crişan D, Serban A, Socaciu M. The performance of attenuation coefficient computed on the ultrasound image in quantifying liver steatosis in chronic hepatitis C patients. GUT 2008; 57 (supl II): A45

62. Lupsor M,. Badea R, Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Branda H, Iancu S, Maniu A. Validation of liver stiffness measurement for fibrosis assessment in 419 patients with chronic hepatitis C. GUT 2008; 57 (suplII): A291

63. Stefanescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Maniu A. Aprecierea neinvaziva a riscului de sângerare din varicele esofagiene la pacientii cu ciroza hepatică. Romanian Journal of Hepatology 2008; 4(supl1): 76-78

64. Lupşor M, Badea R, Stefanescu H, Grigorescu M, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Branda H, Iancu S, Maniu A. Performanţa diagnostica a măsurării rigidităţii hepatice comparativ cu APRI pentru evaluarea neinvaziă a fibrozei. Rezultate pe un lot de 537 pacineţi cu infecţie cronica virală C. Romanian Journal of Hepatology 2008; 4(supl1):72-74

65. Lupşor M, Badea R, Vicaş C, Nedevschi S, Grigorescu M, Stefănescu H, Sparchez Z, Radu C, Crişan D, Serban A, Socaciu M. Performanţa diagnostica a coeficientului de atenuare calculat pe imaginea ecografică în detecţia steatozei din hepatita cronica virală C. Rezultate pe un lot de 524 pacienţi. Romanian Journal of Hepatology 2008; 4(supl1): 74-75

66. Ştefănescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Capatana D, Cazan R, Dancea O, Stoian I, Marita T, Mitrea D, Nedevschi S, Neamtiu L, Popita V. Active screening for hepatocellular carcinoma using tele-sonography. Validation of a concept.
Proceedings of the EASL Monotematic Conference: “Liver cancer: from molecular pathogenesis to new therapies", Praga, Republica Ceha, p10

67. Ştefănescu H, Lupsor M, Dancea O, Marita T, Suteu T, Capatana D, Cazan R, Mitrea D, Badea R. Evaluation of an ultrasound telescreening network for hepatocellular carcinoma. J Hepatol. 2008; 48(supl 2): S157

68. Lupsor M, Ştefănescu H, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Grigorescu M, Iancu S, Suteu T, Badea R. The influence of fatty load on liver stiffness in chronic hepatitis C patients. J Hepatol. 2008; 48(supl 2): S278

69. Floares A, Lupsor M, Ştefănescu H, Sparchez Z, Serban A, Suteu T, Badea R. Toward intelligent virtual biopsy:using artificial intelligence to predict fibrosis stage in chronic hepatitis C patients without biopsy. J Hepatol. 2008;48(supl 2): S273

70. Cazan R, Dancea O, Capatana D, Ştefănescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Stoian A. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Telescreening System. ucrare prezentată în cadrul „2008 IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics AQTR 2008 - THETA 16th edition - May 22-25 2008, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

71. Lupşor M, Badea R, Vicaş C, Nedevschi S, Grigorescu M, Ştefănescu H, Radu C, Crişan D, Spârchez Z, Serban Al, Branda H. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis based on the quantitative evaluation of the ultrasound beam behavior into the liver – lucrare prezentată în cadrul „2008 IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics AQTR 2008 - THETA 16th edition - May 22-25 2008, Cluj-Napoca,Romania

72. Ştefănescu H, Badea R, Lupsor M, Tripon S, Dancea O, Capatana D, Stoian I, Mitrea D, Marita T, Nedevschi S, Neamtiu L, Popita V. Telemedicine network for ultrasound screening of HCC. Ultraschall in Med 2007; 28: S1-S74

73. Lupsor M, Badea R, Vicas C, Nedevschi S, Ştefănescu H, Tripon S, Suteu T, Radu C, Grigorescu M. Estimating the fibrosis stage in chronic hepatits C patients using image processing methods on ultrasonographic images. Preliminary results. Ultraschall in Med 2007; 28: S1-S74

74. Badea R, Pop T, Mosteanu O, Lupşor M, Ştefănescu H, Raica P, Vatajelu I, Miclea L. Role of imaging andmodeling in hepatocellular carcinoma angiogenesis noninvasive assessment. Ultraschall in Med 2007; 28: S1-S74

75. H Ştefănescu, M Grigorescu. Epidemiologia clinică a obstrucţiilor portale la adulţi şi relaţia cu ciroza hepatică. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2007; 16(suppl 1):93

76. H Ştefănescu, M Grigorescu. Aspecte de epidemiologie clinică a cirozei hepatice la adulţi. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2007; 16(suppl 1):84

77. M Lupşor, R Badea, C Vicaş, S Nedevschi, S Tripon, H Ştefănescu, T Suteu, C Radu, M Grigorescu. Estimarea stadiului fibrozei în hepatita cronica virală C folosind metode computerizate de analiză a imaginii ecografice. Rezultate preliminare. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2007; 16(suppl 1):62

78. Lupşor M, Badea R, Ştefănescu H, Serban A, Iancu S. Utilitatea elastografiei tranzitorii unidimensionale (Fibroscan) în evaluarea fibrozei din hepatita cronică virală C - date preliminare.” Romanian Journal of Hepatology 2007; 3(1): 51-52

79. Lupsor M, Badea R, Vicas C, Nedevschi S, Ştefănescu H, Grigorescu M. Spre “biopsia hepatică virtuală”. Detectarea ultrasonografică a steatohepatitei, folosind coeficienţii de atenuare şi reflexie – rezultate preliminare. Romanian Journal of Hepatology 2007; 3(1): 52-53

80. H Ştefănescu, R Badea, M Lupşor, S Tripon, T Pop, O Dancea, D Capatana, I Stoian, R Cazan, S Nedevschi, D Mitrea, T Marita, L Neamtiu, V Popita. Punerea la punct a unui sistem informatizat de telescreening ecografic al carcinomului hepatocelular. Rev Rom Ultrasonografie 2007; 9(suppl1):173

81. Lupşor M, Badea R, Vicaş C, Nedevschi S, Tripon S, Ştefănescu H, Suteu T, Radu C, Grigorescu M. Se pot diferenţia stadiile fibrozei în hepatita cronică virală C utiliząnd examinarea ultrasonografică optimizată prin analiza computerizată a imaginii? Rezultate preliminare. Revista romană de Ultrasonografie 2007; 9(1): 170-171

82. Ştefănescu H, Badea R, Lupşor M, Tripon S, Pop T, Dancea O, Căpăţană D, Stoian I, Cazan R, Nedevschi S, Mitrea D, Mariţa T, Neamţu L, Popiţa V. Punerea la punct a unui sistem informatizat de telescreening ecografic al carcinomului hepatocelular – rezultate preliminare ale proiectului de cercetare CEEX 3/2005. Revista romană de Ultrasonografie 2007; 9(1): 173

83. Mitrea D, Nedevschi S, Lupsor M, Badea R, Grigorescu M, Ştefănescu H, Tripon S, Radu C. “Texture-based methods and data mining in ultrasound images in order to differentiate steatosis from normal liver and from the other diffuse liver diseases” Proceedings of the Euro-Mediterranean Medical Informatics and Telemedicine. 3rd International Conference. 2007: 330-331

84. M Lupşor, H Ştefănescu, R Badea. Aportul diagnostic al elastografiei tranzitorii unidimensionale (Fibroscan) în evaluarea hepatopatiilor difuze. Rev Rom Ultrasonografie 2007; 9(suppl1):105

85. H Ştefănescu, L Dina, O Pascu, M Grigorescu, S Cotul, M Dragoteanu. The role of per-rectal porto scintigraphy in prediction of variceal haemorrhage in liver cirrhosis patients. Falk Symposium 157: Chronic Hepatitis: Metabolic, Cholestatic, Viral and Autoimune, Freiburg (Germania), October 10-11, 2006

86. H Ştefănescu, L Dina, O Pascu, M Grigorescu, S Cotul, M Dragoteanu. The predictive role of per-rectal porto scintigraphy in liver cirrhosis patients. Al XXVII-lea Simpozion Naţional de Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie şi Endoscopie Digestivă, Poioana Brasov, 2006

87. L Dina, H Ştefănescu, O Pascu, M Grigorescu, S Cotul, M Dragoteanu. The role of per-rectal porto scintigraphy for the assessment of morphological changes in patients with chronic liver diseases. Falk Symposium 157:Chronic Hepatitis: Metabolic, Cholestatic, Viral and Autoimune, Freiburg (Germania), October 10-11, 2006

88. L Dina, H Ştefănescu, O Pascu, M Grigorescu, S Cotul, M Dragoteanu. The diagnostic value of per-rectal porto scintigraphy in liver cirrhosis patients. Al XXVII-lea Simpozion Naţional de Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie şi Endoscopie Digestivă, Poioana Brasov, 2006

89. H Ştefănescu, R Badea, S Iancu, et al. Echography TeleScreening Network for Malignancies. Congresul Naţional de Ultrasonografie, Cluj Napoca, 2005

90. S Iancu, R Badea, M Tarţa, A Golea, H Ştefănescu, C Caraiani. EcoDis - Proiect pilot de explorare ecografică asistată la distanţă. Congresul Naţional de Ultrasonografie, Cluj Napoca, 2005

91. H Ştefănescu, Z Spârchez, L Dina, T Zaharie. Adenocarcinom tubulovilos de colon transvers operat, recidivat şi plurimetastazat - observaţie ecografică şi endoscopică. Congresul Naţional de Ultrasonografie, Cluj Napoca, 2005

92. M Tanţău, M Grigorescu, H Ştefănescu, D Argatu, R Badea, B Todea. Un caz rar de hemobilie la un pacient cu biliopatie portală secundară unei pancreatite cronice. Al XXV-lea Simpozion Naţional de Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie şi Endoscopie Digestivă, Constanţa 2004

93. L Lotrean, S Cândea, H Ştefănescu. Studiul nivelului de cunoştinţe despre sănătatea sexuală în liceele clujene.Medicalis Cluj Napoca, 2000

94. H Ştefănescu, M Bozic. Consilierea psihologică pre şi post testarea HIV. Sesiunea de Comunicări Ştiinţifice Studenţeşti, Cluj Napoca,1998