Novel Method for Ultrasound-Derived Fat Fraction Using an Integrated Phantom.

Yassin Labyed Andy Milkowski

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)

An on-system, integrated UDFF tool provides a simple, noninvasive, accessible, low-cost, and commercially viable clinical tool for quantifying the hepatic fat fraction with a high degree of agreement with histologic biopsy or the MRI-PDFF biomarker.

Keyphrases

low cost
adipose tissue
magnetic resonance imaging
ultrasound guided
fatty acid
contrast enhanced
fine needle aspiration
computed tomography
diffusion weighted imaging
contrast enhanced ultrasound