Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasound-Guided Attenuation Parameter (UGAP) for Hepatic Steatosis Assessment: Comparison with MRI-PDFF and Evaluation of Cohort-Derived Thresholds.

Dimitrios Kavvadas, Natalia-Valeria Pentara, Dimitrios Kourdakis, Aris Liakos, Emmanouil Sinakos, Panos Prassopoulos, Vasileios Rafailidis

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Dimitrios KavvadasDepartment of Clinical Radiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3325-2752

Natalia-Valeria PentaraDepartment of Clinical Radiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4747-185X

Dimitrios KourdakisDepartment of Clinical Radiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3398-685X

Aris LiakosClinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Unit, Second Medical Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3261-2979

Emmanouil SinakosFourth Medical Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0923-050X

Panos PrassopoulosDepartment of Clinical Radiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Vasileios RafailidisDepartment of Clinical Radiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.

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hepatic steatosisliver fat quantificationMASLDMRI-PDFFUGAPultrasound

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PMID42449788

DOI10.3390/diagnostics16132006

PMCPMC13359665

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