Assessment of hepatic steatosis by using attenuation imaging: a quantitative, easy-to-perform ultrasound technique.

Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of attenuation imaging (ATI) in the detection of hepatic steatosis compared with a histopathology gold standard.Methods: We prospectively enrolled 108 consecutive patients (35 males; median age, 54.0 years) who underwent percutaneous liver biopsy fo...

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Publicado en:European Radiology Vol. 29; no. 12; pp. 6499 - 6508
Autores principales: Bae, Jae Seok, Lee, Dong Ho, Lee, Jae Young, Kim, Haeryoung, Yu, Su Jong, Lee, Jeong-Hoon, Cho, Eun Ju, Lee, Yun Bin, Han, Joon Koo, Choi, Byung Ihn
Formato: diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2019
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          Bae, Jae Seok
          Lee, Dong Ho
          Lee, Jae Young
          Kim, Haeryoung
          Yu, Su Jong
          Lee, Jeong-Hoon
          Cho, Eun Ju
          Lee, Yun Bin
          Han, Joon Koo
          Choi, Byung Ihn
        affil: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, 03080, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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          Ultrasonography Methods
          Fatty Liver
          Image Interpretation, Computer Assisted Methods
          Reproducibility of Results
          Liver Pathology
          Adult
          Female
          Fatty Liver Pathology
          Male
          Biopsy
          Sensitivity and Specificity
          Middle Age
          Biopsy, Needle
          Severity of Illness Indices
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          Prospective Studies
          Evaluation Research
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      ab: Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of attenuation imaging (ATI) in the detection of hepatic steatosis compared with a histopathology gold standard.Methods: We prospectively enrolled 108 consecutive patients (35 males; median age, 54.0 years) who underwent percutaneous liver biopsy for evaluation of diffuse liver disease between January 2018 and November 2018 in a tertiary academic center. Grayscale ultrasound examination with ATI was performed just before biopsy, and an attenuation coefficient (AC) was obtained from each patient. The degree of hepatic steatosis, fibrosis stage, and necroinflammatory activity were assessed on histopathologic examination. The significant factor associated with the AC was found by a linear regression analysis, and the diagnostic performance of the AC for the classification into each hepatic steatosis stage was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.Results: The distribution of hepatic steatosis grade on histopathology was 53/11/22/16/6 for none/mild (< 10%)/mild (≥ 10%)/moderate/severe steatosis, respectively. The area under the ROC curve, sensitivity, specificity, and optimal cutoff AC value for detection of hepatic steatosis ranged from 0.843-0.926, 74.5-100.0%, 77.4-82.8%, and 0.635-0.745, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that the degree of steatosis was the only significant determinant factor for the AC.Conclusions: The AC from ATI provided good diagnostic performance in detecting the varying degrees of hepatic steatosis. The degree of steatosis was the only significant factor affecting the AC, whereas fibrosis and inflammation were not.Key Points: • Attenuation imaging (ATI) is based on two-dimensional grayscale ultrasound images that can incorporate into routine ultrasound examinations with less than 2 min of acquisition time. • ATI provided good diagnostic performance in detecting the varying degrees of hepatic steatosis with an area under the ROC curves ranging from 0.843 to 0.926, and there was no technical failure in this study indicating high applicability of this technique. • The degree of hepatic steatosis was the only significant factor affecting the result of ATI examination.
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