Ultrasound-based techniques for the diagnosis of liver steatosis

Figure 1 Intercostal scan of the right lobe of the liver, obtained with the Aplio i800 ultrasound system equipped with the ATI^® technique. The color-coded map, which is overlaid on the B-mode image, and the B-mode image without colors are shown side-by-side on the monitor of the ultrasound system. The inner rectangle is the fixed measurement box. The reliability of the result is displayed by the R² value.

Figure 2 Intercostal scan of the right lobe of the liver, obtained with the Arietta 850 ultrasound system equipped with the ATT^® technique. The attenuation coefficient is calculated along the dotted yellow line and together with the assessment of liver stiffness. The maximum depth of ATT measurement is indicated by the horizontal continuous yellow line. The measurements are automatically displayed on the right side of the image on the monitor of the US system.