Fig 1.
Flow diagram of the study population.
Abbreviations: NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study population.
Table 2.
Reliability of TE, SSI, and ARFI.
Table 3.
Factors affecting the liver stiffness measurement unreliability or failure.
Fig 2.
Scattered diagram showing the correlation of shear-wave velocity (m/s) between ARFI and SSI.
Abbreviations: ARFI, acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; SSI, supersonic shear imaging.
Table 4.
Diagnostic performance of TE, SSI, and ARFI for staging liver fibrosis.
Fig 3.
Comparative AUROCs of ARFI (m/s), TE (kPa), and SSI (kPa, m/s) for the diagnosis of each fibrosis stage.
A, for significant fibrosis. B, for advanced fibrosis. C, for cirrhosis. Abbreviations: AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; ARFI, acoustic radiation force impulse imaging; TE, transient elastography; SSI, supersonic shear imaging.
Table 5.
Pairwise comparison of diagnostic performance for staging fibrosis among TE, SSI, and ARFI.
Table 6.
Comparison of liver elasticity as measured by TE, SSI, and ARFI according to fibrosis stage.
Table 7.
Factors influencing liver stiffness measurement.