Specificity of unenhanced CT for non-invasive diagnosis of hepatic steatosis: implications for the investigation of the natural history of incidental steatosis

PJ Pickhardt, SH Park, L Hahn, SG Lee, KT Bae… - European …, 2012 - Springer
Objectives To determine a highly specific liver attenuation threshold at unenhanced CT for
biopsy-proven moderate to severe hepatic steatosis (≥ 30% at histology). Methods 315 …

Hepatic steatosis (fatty liver disease) in asymptomatic adults identified by unenhanced low-dose CT

CJ Boyce, PJ Pickhardt, DH Kim… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatic steatosis
in an asymptomatic US adult population using attenuation values at unenhanced CT as the …

Biopsy-proven nonsteatotic liver in adults: estimation of reference range for difference in attenuation between the liver and the spleen at nonenhanced CT

YS Park, SH Park, SS Lee, DY Kim, YM Shin, W Lee… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To establish the reference range for hepatic attenuation minus splenic attenuation
difference (CTL− S) values on nonenhanced computed tomographic (CT) images obtained …

Association of hepatic steatosis index with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease diagnosed by non-enhanced CT in a screening population

J Chung, HS Park, YJ Kim, MH Yu, S Park, SI Jung - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The noninvasive diagnosis of hepatic steatosis is of increasing concern. This study
investigated the association of hepatic steatosis determined by non-enhanced CT criteria …

Natural history of hepatic steatosis: observed outcomes for subsequent liver and cardiovascular complications

PJ Pickhardt, L Hahn, AM del Rio… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Hepatic steatosis is a common incidental finding at radiologic imaging. The
natural history of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its associated risks for …

Automated liver fat quantification at nonenhanced abdominal CT for population-based steatosis assessment

PM Graffy, V Sandfort, RM Summers, PJ Pickhardt - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and its consequences are a growing public
health concern requiring cross-sectional imaging for noninvasive diagnosis and …

Diagnostic performance of ultrasound attenuation imaging for assessing low-grade hepatic steatosis

JK Jang, SY Kim, IW Yoo, YB Cho, HJ Kang, DH Lee - European radiology, 2022 - Springer
Objectives To investigate the diagnostic performance of attenuation imaging (ATI) for the
assessment of low-grade hepatic steatosis using liver biopsy as the reference standard …

Unenhanced CT for Assessment of Macrovesicular Hepatic Steatosis in Living Liver Donors: Comparison of Visual Grading with Liver Attenuation Index1

SW Lee, SH Park, KW Kim, EK Choi, YM Shin, PN Kim… - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To retrospectively compare the accuracy of visual grading and the liver attenuation
index in the computed tomographic (CT) diagnosis of 30% or higher macrovesicular …

[HTML][HTML] Noninvasive assessment of hepatic steatosis using a pathologic reference standard: comparison of CT, MRI, and US-based techniques

JS Bae, DH Lee, KS Suh, H Kim, KB Lee, JY Lee… - …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The present study compared the performance of computed tomography (CT),
magnetic resonance imaging-derived proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF), controlled …

Quantification of hepatic steatosis with ultrasound: promising role of attenuation imaging coefficient in a biopsy-proven cohort

M Dioguardi Burgio, M Ronot, E Reizine, PE Rautou… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives To prospectively assess the role of the US attenuation imaging coefficient (AC)
for the diagnosis and quantification of hepatic steatosis. Methods One hundred and one …