Background Liver fibrosis results from chronic liver injury and is characterized by excessive
deposition of extracellular matrix proteins including collagen. It can progress to cirrhosis and …

Chronic diffuse liver disease continues to increase in prevalence and represents a global
health concern. Noninvasive detection and quantification of hepatic steatosis, iron overload …

Metabolic syndrome comprises a set of risk factors that include abdominal obesity, impaired
glucose tolerance, hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein levels, and high blood …

Abstract The World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) has
promoted the development of this document on multiparametric ultrasound. Part 2 is a …

Background Several factors can impair image quality and reliability of liver magnetic
resonance elastography (MRE), such as inadequate driver positioning, insufficient wave …

BACKGROUND. Liver fibrosis is an important clinical endpoint of the progression of
autoimmune liver disease (AILD); its monitoring would benefit from noninvasive imaging …

Liver fibrosis is a pathological process resulting from prolonged exposure to various injury
factors. It is characterized by the abnormal proliferation and activation of hepatic stellate …

Aim This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of attenuation measurement
(ATT; dual‐frequency method) and improved algorithm of ATT (iATT; reference method) for …

Quantitative abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers non-invasive, objective
assessment of diseases in the liver, pancreas, and other organs and is increasingly being …

Background The extent of liver steatosis can be assessed using US attenuation coefficient
(AC) algorithms currently implemented in several US systems. However, little is known about …