Clinical value of liver ultrasound for the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in overweight and obese patients

F Bril, C Ortiz‐Lopez, R Lomonaco, B Orsak… - Liver …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
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) …

Noninvasive diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and quantification of liver fat using a new quantitative ultrasound technique

SC Lin, E Heba, T Wolfson, B Ang, A Gamst… - Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Liver biopsy analysis is the standard method used to diagnose
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Advanced magnetic resonance imaging is a …

[HTML][HTML] Bedside ultrasound in the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

N Khov, A Sharma, TR Riley - World journal of gastroenterology …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in the United
States. While the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases guidelines define …

Quantitative hepatic fat quantification in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease using ultrasound-based techniques: a review of literature and their diagnostic performance

A Ozturk, JR Grajo, MS Gee, A Benjamin… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a condition that is characterized by the presence of> 5%
fat in the liver and affects more than one billion people worldwide. If adequate and early …

The severity of ultrasonographic findings in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease reflects the metabolic syndrome and visceral fat accumulation

M Hamaguchi, T Kojima, Y Itoh, Y Harano… - Official journal of the …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
AIM We evaluated the association among the metabolic syndrome, visceral fat
accumulation, and the severity of fatty liver with a new scoring system of ultrasonographic …

A pilot comparative study of quantitative ultrasound, conventional ultrasound, and MRI for predicting histology-determined steatosis grade in adult nonalcoholic fatty …

JS Paige, GS Bernstein, E Heba… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to explore the diagnostic performance of two
investigational quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters, attenuation coefficient and …

Abdominal ultrasound for diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

P Mishra, ZM Younossi - Official journal of the American College of …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common causes of chronic liver
disease. The progressive subtype of NAFLD or nonalcoholic steatohepatitits (NASH), may …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging evaluation of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: focused on quantification

DH Lee - Clinical and molecular hepatology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been an emerging major health problem, and
the most common cause of chronic liver disease in Western countries. Traditionally, liver …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of imaging in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Q Li, M Dhyani, JR Grajo, C Sirlin… - World journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common diffuse liver disease, with a
worldwide prevalence of 20% to 46%. NAFLD can be subdivided into simple steatosis and …

[PDF][PDF] Diagnostic accuracy and reliability of ultrasonography for the detection of fatty liver: a meta‐analysis

R Hernaez, M Lazo, S Bonekamp, I Kamel… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasonography is a widely accessible imaging technique for the detection of fatty liver, but
the reported accuracy and reliability have been inconsistent across studies. We aimed to …