Quantitative evaluation of hepatic steatosis using novel ultrasound technology normalized local variance (NLV) and its standard deviation with different ROIs in patients with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease: a pilot study.

Yanan ZhaoChao ZhangShaoyan XuHui ZhangShumei WeiPengfei HuangLufei ZhangYik Ning WongWen XuPintong Huang

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2021)

The NLV (50 mm) and NLV-SD (50 mm) provided good diagnostic performance in detecting the varying degrees of hepatic steatosis with great reproducibility. This study showed that the degree of steatosis was the only significant factor affecting the NLV value and NLV-SD value.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
insulin resistance
high resolution
high fat diet
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
fatty acid