학술논문
Diagnostic comparison of vibration-controlled transient elastography and MRI techniques in overweight and obese patients with NAFLD
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2045-2322
Abstract
Abstract Non-invasive imaging techniques have greatly advanced the assessment of liver fibrosis and steatosis but are not fully evaluated in overweight patients. We evaluated the diagnostic performance of vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) and magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) to assess fibrosis and controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and MR imaging (MRI)-proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF) to assess steatosis in overweight and obese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We included 163 biopsy-proven patients with NAFLD who underwent VCTE, MRE/MRI-PDFF, and liver biopsy (years 2014–2020) who were classified according to their body mass index (BMI) as normal (BMI