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Acoustic structure quantification (ASQ) based on the analysis of ultrasound backscattered statistics has been reported to detect liver fibrosis without significant hepatic steatosis. This study proposed using ultrasound parametric imaging based on the parameter alpha of the homodyned K (HK) distribution for staging liver fibrosis in patients with significant hepatic steatosis. Raw ultrasound image data were acquired from patients (n = 237) to construct B-mode and HK alpha parametric images, which were compared with the focal disturbance (FD) ratio obtained from ASQ on the basis of histologic evidence (METAVIR fibrosis score and hepatic steatosis severity). The data were divided into group I (n = 173; normal to mild hepatic steatosis) and group II (n = 64; with moderate to severe hepatic steatosis) for statistical analysis through one-way analysis of variance and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. The results showed that the HK alpha parameter monotonically decreased as the liver fibrosis stage increased (p < .05); concurrently, the FD ratio increased (p < .05). For group I, the areas under the ROC (AUROCs) obtained using the FD ratio and the alpha parameter (AUROC(FD) and AUROC(alpha)) were, respectively, 0.56 and 0.55, 0.68 and 0.68, 0.64 and 0.64 and 0.62 and 0.62 for diagnosing liver fibrosis >= F1, >= F2, >= F3 and >= F4. The values of AUROC(FD) and AUROC(alpha) for group II were, respectively, 0.88 and 0.91, 0.81 and 0.81, 0.77 and 0.76 and 0.78 and 0.73 for diagnosing liver fibrosis >= F1, >= F2, >= F3 and >= F4. As opposed to previous studies, ASQ was found to fail in characterizing liver fibrosis in group I; however, it was workable for identifying liver fibrosis in patients with significant hepatic steatosis (group II). Compared with ASQ, HK imaging provided improved diagnostic performance in the early detection of liver fibrosis coexisting with moderate to severe hepatic steatosis. Ultrasound HK imaging is recommended as a strategy to evaluate early fibrosis risk in patients with significant hepatic steatosis. (E-mail: tsuiph@mail.cgu.edu.tw) (C) 2020 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. All rights reserved.
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ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
ISSN: 0301-5629
年份: 2021
期: 1
卷: 47
页码: 84-94
2 . 9 0 0
JCR@2022
ESI学科: CLINICAL MEDICINE;
ESI高被引阀值:75
JCR分区:1
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