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- Recent ultrasound-based tools for measuring liver fat show promise for regular clinical use due to the benefits of ultrasound technology.
- Researchers are actively studying these tools, showing evidence of their clinical usefulness.
- However, variations in how the MRI-PDFF technique is applied may complicate understanding their diagnostic performance, highlighting the need for a standardized approach agreed upon internationally.
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The recently developed ultrasound-based hepatic fat quantification tools have the potential to be implemented in daily practice with wide acceptance due to inherited advantages of ultrasound technology. Researchers intensively focused on this topic and the accumulated evidences that support clinical usefulness of these tools. However, differences in the researcher-dependent factors of the utilized MRI-PDFF technique, the recommended reference standard, may hinder the better understanding of the diagnostic performances of these tools. Therefore, a standardized approach for MRI-PDFF technique, which is established with international consensus may be considered as important.
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