PubMed ID:
18796674
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2008
Affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0628, L-307, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2491071375
Authors:
Bahl M,
Bass NM,
Chu PW,
Ferrell L,
Merriman RB,
Noworolski SM,
Qayyum A,
Tien PC,
Westphalen AC
Studies:
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network
To investigate if opposed-phase T1-weighted and fat-suppressed T2-weighted liver signal intensity (SI) loss and visceral fat measurement at magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and body mass index (BMI) are correlated with grade of liver steatosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related liver disease.