Quantitative Evaluation of Hepatic Steatosis Using Normalized Local Variance in a Rat Model: Comparison with Histopathology as the Reference Standard.

CONCLUSION: The NLV value of ultrasound demonstrated satisfactory diagnostic performance in the assessment of varying degrees of hepatic steatosis. The degree of hepatic steatosis was the only significant factor that affected the NLV value.
PMID: 31464118 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Korean J Radiol - August 30, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Bae JS, Lee JY, Lee DH, Kim H, Lee Y, Han JK Tags: Korean J Radiol Source Type: research