CT predicts liver fibrosis: Prospective evaluation of morphology- and attenuation-based quantitative scores in routine portal venous abdominal scans.

OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to prospectively determine whether quantitative computed tomography (CT) scores, consisting of simplified indices for liver remodeling and attenuation, may predict liver fibrosis in abdominal CT scans. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This cross-sectional, prospective study was approved...

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Main Authors: Verena C Obmann, Nando Mertineit, Annalisa Berzigotti, Christina Marx, Lukas Ebner, Roland Kreis, Peter Vermathen, Johannes T Heverhagen, Andreas Christe, Adrian T Huber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6038998?pdf=render