Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the manifestations of the metabolic
syndrome. The latter is mainly determined by the presence of overweight and type 2 …

Fatty liver is a very frequent disease in the modern world, due to the high prevalence of
obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Known for long time as NAFLD …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is extremely prevalent in the Western world. Non-
invasive diagnostic methods should be able to reflect the presence and severity of liver fatty …

Liver steatosis is a major health problem since 20-30% of the population is affected with non-
alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD comprises a wide range of liver injury, from …

Abstract Background & Aims Liver ultrasound (US) is usually used in the clinical setting for
the diagnosis and follow‐up of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) …

Objectives To compare the diagnostic accuracy of US shear wave elastography (SWE) and
magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) for classifying fibrosis stage in patients with …

Rationale and Objectives To evaluate the performance of attenuation imaging (ATI) based
on ultrasound for detection of hepatic steatosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver …

The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical efficacy (sensitivity, specificity) of
ultrasound-based imaging methods for the assessment of fibrosis and steatosis in patients …

In 1980, Ludwig described non-alcoholic liver disease (NAFLD) in patients who did not drink
alcohol, but whose liver histology showed alcoholic-like liver disease (1). NAFLD includes a …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ranges from simple steatosis to NAFLD-related
liver cirrhosis and is a main cause of chronic liver diseases. Patients with nonalcoholic …