Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasound in Detecting Hepatic Steatosis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Considering MRI Proton Density Fat Fraction as the Reference Standard

Introduction: The increasing incidence of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) will burden the health care system. There is a pressing need to devise an accurate non-invasive method to detect and quantify hepatic steatosis (HS) in NAFLD.Goal: To evaluate the diagnostic efficac...

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Published in:	Journal of Global Radiology
Main Authors:	Ankita Aggarwal, Dheeraj KC, Geeta Kampani, Neha Bagri, Ritu Misra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	UMass Chan Medical School 2024-01-01
Subjects:	NAFLD Hepatic steatosis Ultrasound MRI PDFF
Online Access:	https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/jgr/article/id/660/