General and Abdominal Scientific and Case Reports Session 1
Inter-reader Variability in the Grading of Hepatic Steatosis on Ultrasound vs. Ultrasound Hepatic Fat Quantification
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
11:50am – 11:57am
Location: 410
Authors: Rita Maria Lahoud, Tufts Medical Center Elie Najem, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Steven Patalano, Tufts University School of Medicine Benjamin Sweigart, Tufts Medical Center Carolina Reveron-Arias, Tufts Medical Center Abbey Winant, Boston Children's Hospital Terri Williams-Weekes, Tufts Medical Center
While non-targeted liver biopsy remains the gold standard for the grading of hepatic steatosis, it is invasive and prone to sampling errors. Qualitative assessment of liver echogenicity is reader-dependent and demonstrates inter-reader variability. Ultrasound-guided attenuation parameter (UGAP) constitutes a quantitative parameter that is accessible, relatively low cost, and reader-independent. Particularly, it may be a helpful tool for the assessment of disease progression in the follow-up of individual patients and serve as a valuable research tool due to its quantitative nature.