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 …

Computed tomography measurement of hepatic steatosis: prevalence of hepatic steatosis in a Canadian population

MM Wells, Z Li, B Addeman… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background/Aims. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver disease that
can progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. This retrospective chart review …

Liver fat quantification: where do we stand?

J Starekova, SB Reeder - Abdominal Radiology, 2020 - Springer
Excessive intracellular accumulation of triglycerides in the liver, or hepatic steatosis, is a
highly prevalent condition affecting approximately one billion people worldwide. In the …

Accuracy of MR imaging–estimated proton density fat fraction for classification of dichotomized histologic steatosis grades in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

A Tang, A Desai, G Hamilton, T Wolfson, A Gamst… - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic performance of previously proposed high-specificity
magnetic resonance (MR) imaging–estimated proton density fat fraction (PDFF) thresholds …

Accuracy of liver fat quantification with advanced CT, MRI, and ultrasound techniques: prospective comparison with MR spectroscopy

H Kramer, PJ Pickhardt, MA Kliewer… - American journal of …, 2017 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the accuracy of proton-
density fat-fraction, single-and dual-energy CT (SECT and DECT), gray-scale ultrasound …

Noninvasive in vivo quantitative assessment of fat content in human liver

C Ricci, R Longo, E Gioulis, M Bosco, P Pollesello… - Journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
Background/Aims: Since the introduction of ultrasonography, liver steatosis has become an
increasingly frequent diagnosis. Both ultrasonography (US) and computerized tomography …

Computed tomography scans in the evaluation of fatty liver disease in a population based study: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

I Zeb, D Li, K Nasir, R Katz, VN Larijani, MJ Budoff - Academic radiology, 2012 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Fatty liver disease is a common clinical entity in hepatology
practice. This study evaluates the prevalence and reproducibility of computed tomography …

Imaging-based quantification of hepatic fat: methods and clinical applications

X Ma, NS Holalkere, M Mino-Kenudson, PF Hahn… - Radiographics, 2009 - pubs.rsna.org
Fatty liver disease comprises a spectrum of conditions (simple hepatic steatosis,
steatohepatitis with inflammatory changes, and end-stage liver disease with fibrosis and …

Liver fat imaging—a clinical overview of ultrasound, CT, and MR imaging

YN Zhang, KJ Fowler, G Hamilton, JY Cui… - The British journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Hepatic steatosis is a frequently encountered imaging finding that may indicate chronic liver
disease, the most common of which is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Non-alcoholic fatty …

Diagnostic value of MRI-PDFF for hepatic steatosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a meta-analysis

J Gu, S Liu, S Du, Q Zhang, J Xiao, Q Dong, Y Xin - European radiology, 2019 - Springer
Objective To systematically review studies about the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic
resonance imaging proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF) in the classification of hepatic …