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- - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver issues globally, particularly affecting those with conditions like obesity and type 2 diabetes.
- - Liver biopsy remains the most accurate way to diagnose non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and assess the stage of fibrosis, which is crucial for predicting disease progression.
- - There is a growing need for noninvasive imaging techniques to evaluate liver fibrosis, and recent advancements have shown promising results; the review discusses the pros and cons of these imaging methods.
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide and its prevalence is even higher in patients with risk factors such as type 2 diabetes and obesity. Liver biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), particularly for the assessment of fibrosis stage that is a key prognostic factor. Noninvasive methods for assessment of liver fibrosis are a huge need in contemporary hepatology in order to stratify patient's risk of advanced and progressive liver disease. In this perspective different imaging techniques have been developed in last decades and showed high performance in liver fibrosis evaluation. Strengths and weaknesses of all imaging methods are summarized in this review.
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