Non-invasive methods for imaging hepatic steatosis and their clinical importance in NAFLD

N Tamaki, V Ajmera, R Loomba - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatic steatosis is a key histological feature of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
The non-invasive quantification of liver fat is now possible due to advances in imaging …

Quantification of liver fat content with CT and MRI: state of the art

J Starekova, D Hernando, PJ Pickhardt, SB Reeder - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Hepatic steatosis is defined as pathologically elevated liver fat content and has many
underlying causes. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic …

AASLD Practice Guidance on the clinical assessment and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

ME Rinella, BA Neuschwander-Tetri, MS Siddiqui… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Abbreviations: AASLD, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases; AI, artificial
intelligence; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; AUROC …

Noninvasive assessment of liver disease in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

L Castera, M Friedrich-Rust, R Loomba - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is estimated to afflict approximately 1 billion
individuals worldwide. In a subset of NAFLD patients, who have the progressive form of …

AASLD Practice Guideline on blood-based noninvasive liver disease assessment of hepatic fibrosis and steatosis

RK Sterling, K Patel, A Duarte-Rojo, SK Asrani… - Hepatology, 2025 - journals.lww.com
Chronic liver disease (CLD) leads to liver fibrosis; it is associated with approximately two
million annual deaths worldwide and is an enormous health burden.[1, 2] The majority of …

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 …

Transfer learning with deep convolutional neural network for liver steatosis assessment in ultrasound images

M Byra, G Styczynski, C Szmigielski… - International journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose The nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common liver abnormality. Up to
date, liver biopsy is the reference standard for direct liver steatosis quantification in hepatic …

Quantification of liver fat content with ultrasound: a WFUMB position paper

G Ferraioli, A Berzigotti, RG Barr, BI Choi… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
New ultrasound methods that can be used to quantitatively assess liver fat content have
recently been developed. These quantitative ultrasound (QUS) methods are based on the …

[HTML][HTML] European guideline on obesity care in patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases–Joint ESPEN/UEG guideline

SC Bischoff, R Barazzoni, L Busetto… - Clinical Nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Patients with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) disease such as inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), celiac disease, gastroesophageal reflux …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative ultrasound approaches for diagnosis and monitoring hepatic steatosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

AM Pirmoazen, A Khurana, A El Kaffas, A Kamaya - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a major global health concern with increasing prevalence,
associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome. Recently, quantitative ultrasound-based …