[HTML][HTML] Hounsfield unit

TD DenOtter, J Schubert - 2019 - europepmc.org
The Hounsfield unit (HU) is a relative quantitative measurement of radio density used by
radiologists in the interpretation of computed tomography (CT) images. The …

Imaging of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and its clinical utility

E Chartampilas - Hormones, 2018 - Springer
The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease has been continuously rising over the last
three decades and is projected to become the most common indication for liver …

Metabolic‐associated fatty liver disease is associated with severity of COVID‐19

YJ Zhou, KI Zheng, XB Wang, QF Sun… - Liver …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has attracted increasing
worldwide attention. While metabolic‐associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) affects a …

Liver injury in patients with COVID-19: clinical profiles, CT findings, the correlation of the severity with liver injury

P Lei, L Zhang, P Han, C Zheng, Q Tong… - Hepatology …, 2020 - Springer
Background and aims Liver injury is found in some of patients with COVID-19. Liver injury of
COVID-19 patients based on severity grading and abdominal radiological signs have not …

[HTML][HTML] Added benefits of early detection of other diseases on low-dose CT screening

R Yip, A Jirapatnakul, M Hu, X Chen… - Translational Lung …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Low-dose CT screening for lung cancer provides images of the entire chest and upper
abdomen. While the focus of screening is on finding early lung cancer, radiology leadership …

Machine learning enables new insights into genetic contributions to liver fat accumulation

ME Haas, JP Pirruccello, SN Friedman, M Wang… - Cell genomics, 2021 - cell.com
Excess liver fat, called hepatic steatosis, is a leading risk factor for end-stage liver disease
and cardiometabolic diseases but often remains undiagnosed in clinical practice because of …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and serum lipoproteins: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

AP DeFilippis, MJ Blaha, SS Martin, RM Reed… - Atherosclerosis, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: While nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with the metabolic
syndrome, it is not known if NAFLD plays an independent role in the atherogenic …

Association of hepatic steatosis with major adverse cardiovascular events, independent of coronary artery disease

NM Meyersohn, T Mayrhofer, KE Corey… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Hepatic steatosis has been associated with increased risk of major
adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) but it is not clear whether steatosis is independently …

High-risk coronary plaque at coronary CT angiography is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, independent of coronary plaque and stenosis burden …

SB Puchner, MT Lu, T Mayrhofer, T Liu, A Pursnani… - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
and the presence of high-risk coronary atherosclerotic plaque as assessed with coronary …

Liver fat content measurement with quantitative CT validated against MRI proton density fat fraction: a prospective study of 400 healthy volunteers

Z Guo, GM Blake, K Li, W Liang, W Zhang, Y Zhang… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Although chemical shift–encoded (CSE) MRI proton density fat fraction (PDFF)
is the current noninvasive reference standard for liver fat quantification, the liver is more …