• Department of Radiolog y , West China Hospital , Sichuan Universit y , Chengdu 610041 , China;
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Objective  To evaluate the value of medical imaging technology in qualitative and quantitative diagnosis of liver steatosis. Methods  To describe the current status and advancement s of medical imaging technology such as sonography , CT and MRI in qualitative and quantitative diagnosis of liver steatosis , and to cont rast their advantages and shortages. Results  Sonography could be used as the primary screening and evaluate measures in qualitative and quantitative diagnosis of liver steatosis , and CT was more reliable in quantitative diagnosis , MRI had significant improving with its high sensitivity and specificity. Conclusion  Medical imaging technology has significant clinical value in qualitative and quantitative diagnosis of liver steatosis , especially with the help of functional MR imaging techniques such as spect roscopy and chemical shif t Gradient-Echo technic.

Citation: ZHAO Liming,YANG Ningjing,SONG Bin. Advances in Medical Imaging Evaluation of Fatty Liver. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2008, 15(1): 68-70. doi: Copy