Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: US-based Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography

To investigate the clinical usefulness of ultrasonography-based acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography (ie, ARFI sonoelastography) in patients with a diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and compare ARFI sonoelastography results with transient sonoelastography and serum fibrosis marker test results.Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects, and the local ethics committee approved the study. Fifty-four...