Open AccessNon-invasive determination of hepatic steatosis by acoustic structure quantification from ultrasound echo amplitude
Author(s) -
Hidekatsu Kuroda,
Keisuke Kakisaka,
Naohisa Kamiyama,
Takayoshi Oikawa,
Mio Onodera,
Kei Sawara,
Kaori Oikawa,
Ryujin Endo,
Yasuhiro Takikawa,
Kazuyuki Suzuki
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v18.i29.3889
Subject(s) - steatosis , ultrasound , medicine , ultrasonography , leptin , endocrinology , analysis of variance , fibrosis , nuclear medicine , gastroenterology , obesity , surgery , radiology
To use leptin-deficient (ob/ob) mice with demonstrated differences in steatosis levels to test a new diagnostic method using the acoustical structure quantification (ASQ) mode and the associated analytical parameter, "focal disturbance ratio" (FD-ratio).