Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is believed to affect one-third of American adults.
Noninvasive methods that enable detection and monitoring of NAFLD have the potential for …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality.
Nonfocal liver biopsy is the historical reference standard for evaluating NAFLD, but it is …

Background Screening for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is suboptimal due to the
subjective interpretation of US images. Purpose To evaluate the agreement and diagnostic …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an umbrella term referring to a group of
conditions associated to fat deposition and damage of liver tissue. Early detection of fat …

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) and ultrasound-based elastography techniques are emerging
as non-invasive effective methods for assessing chronic liver disease. They are more …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a significant cause of diffuse liver disease,
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Early and accurate diagnosis of NALFD is critical to …

This study developed and validated multivariable quantitative ultrasound (QUS) model for
diagnosing hepatic steatosis. Retrospective secondary analysis of prospectively collected …

Background Understanding the changes occurring in biological tissue during thermal
ablation is at the heart of many current challenges in both therapy and medical imaging …

The influence of the transducer lens on image reconstruction is often overlooked. Lenses
usually exhibit a lower sound speed than soft biological tissues. In academic research, the …

Purpose This retrospective study was conducted to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of
ultrasound-derived fat fraction (UDFF) for grading hepatic steatosis using liver histology as …