Reliability of ultrasound hepatorenal index and magnetic resonance imaging proton density fat fraction techniques in the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis, with magnetic resonance spectroscopy as the reference standard

Bien Van Tran; Kouichi Ujita; Ayako Taketomi-Takahashi; Hiromi Hirasawa; Takayuki Suto; Yoshito Tsushima

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0255768

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Reliability of ultrasound hepatorenal index and magnetic resonance imaging proton density fat fraction techniques in the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis, with magnetic resonance spectroscopy as the reference standard

Bien Van Tran,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University, Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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Kouichi Ujita,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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Ayako Taketomi-Takahashi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ayakorad@gunma-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University, Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7046-9355

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Hiromi Hirasawa,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University, Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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Takayuki Suto,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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Yoshito Tsushima

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University, Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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Reliability of ultrasound hepatorenal index and magnetic resonance imaging proton density fat fraction techniques in the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis, with magnetic resonance spectroscopy as the reference standard

Bien Van Tran,
Kouichi Ujita,
Ayako Taketomi-Takahashi,
Hiromi Hirasawa,
Takayuki Suto,
Yoshito Tsushima

Published: August 12, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255768

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