The diagnostic accuracy of US, CT, MRI and 1H-MRS for the evaluation of hepatic steatosis compared with liver biopsy: A meta-analysis

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-97

  Bohte, Anneloes E ^a   Van Werven, Jochem R ^a   Bipat, Shandra ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic accuracy; Hepatic steatosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650576178     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1905-5     Document Type: Article

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