Texture Analysis of Gray-Scale Ultrasound Images for Staging of Hepatic Fibrosis

To evaluate the feasibility of texture analysis of gray-scale ultrasound (US) images for staging of hepatic fibrosis.Altogether, 167 patients who had undergone routine US and laboratory tests for a fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index were included. Texture parameters were measured using a dedicated in-house software. Regions of interest were placed in five different segments (3, 5, 6, 7, 8) for each patient. The FIB-4 index was used as the reference...