Liver stiffness does not affect ultrasound-guided attenuation coefficient measurement in the evaluation of hepatic steatosis.

Toshifumi TadaTakashi KumadaHidenori ToyodaSatoshi YasudaYasuhiro SoneShinichi HashinokuchiSadanobu OgawaTakuma OguriNaohisa KamiyamaMakoto ChumaTomoyuki AkitaJunko Tanaka

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2019)

UGAP-determined attenuation coefficient was weakly affected by liver stiffness, an indicator of hepatic fibrosis.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
diffusion weighted imaging
fine needle aspiration
magnetic resonance imaging
liver fibrosis