Influence of dispersion slope on the diagnosis of liver fibrosis by the shear wave in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.
Naoyuki UedaSho MokudaTomokazu KawaokaShinsuke UchikawaKei AmiokaMasataka TsugeKana AsadaYuri OkadaYui KobayashiMai IshikawaTakashi AraseKoji ArihiroShiro OkaPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2024)
Shear wave and DS are useful for evaluating liver fibrosis and inflammation in MASLD. For DS > 13.2 m/s/kHz, SW may be affected by the increased viscosity owing to inflammation. In such patients, caution should be used when determining/interpreting values.