Clinical Feasibility of Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging for Suspected Hepatic Steatosis: Intra- and Inter-examiner Reliability and Correlation with Controlled Attenuation Parameter |
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Authors: | Sun Kyung Jeon Jeong Min Lee Ijin Joo |
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Affiliation: | 2. Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea;3. Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea |
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Abstract: | This study was aimed at investigating the clinical feasibility of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) imaging in the evaluation of suspected hepatic steatosis through assessment of the reliability of measurements and its correlation with the controlled attenuation parameter (CAP). This retrospective study included 117 patients who underwent liver B-mode ultrasound (US) with QUS imaging with a clinical US machine (RS85, Samsung Medison, Seoul, Korea) and CAP measurements between December 2019 and March 2020. For QUS examination, tissue attenuation imaging (TAI) and tissue scatter-distribution imaging (TSI) parameters were obtained. Intra- and inter-examiner reliability were assessed using intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs), and QUS imaging parameters were correlated with CAP measurements using Spearman's correlation analysis. TAI and TSI revealed excellent intra- and inter-examiner reliability with ICCs of 0.994 and 0.975 and 0.991 and 0.947, respectively. Both TAI and TSI were significantly positively correlated with CAP values. QUS imaging provided good intra-and inter-observer reliability and correlated well with CAP in assessing suspected hepatic steatosis. |
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