The liver is a very important part of our body. It performs many important functions, such as digesting food, removing toxins and keeping the body clean. Liver diseases are initially asymptomatic. For ...

The aging liver undergoes dramatic changes in its functional organization and other key attributes, which may underpin its ...

It differs from a regular ultrasound, which can also reveal early signs of a fatty liver, because it can quantify how much ...

ICUS was an early and strong supporter of the inclusion of CEUS as an approved imaging option for evaluation of a prevalent form of liver cancer known as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) under ...

It impairs the normal functioning of the liver. A classification method is implemented that can quantitatively sort the ultrasound liver images into normal or fatty liver by studying the pathological ...

A noninvasive ultrasound treatment that destroys liver tumours without surgery or radiation will soon be offered on the NHS in Cambridge in a European first.

Normal liver function tests can occur when the liver has severe scarring, but the body is still able to compensate for its decreased function.

Elevated (even mildly elevated) liver enzymes (SGOT, SGPT) on a chemistry panel should be suspected as being due to fatty liver, although rarely people with NAFLD have normal enzymes– at least early ...

St. David’s Medical Center is offering a non-invasive form of liver cancer treatment that uses ultrasound waves to kill cancer cells.

Researchers from Columbia University and the German Cancer Center have found that stellate cells—star-shaped liver cells long known as the main perpetrators of liver fibrosis—have a commanding ...

Histotripsy is a new, FDA-approved, minimally invasive technique that destroys liver tumors using high-frequency ultrasound waves.

Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO Liver elastography is a test that measures the stiffness of your liver. Stiffness ...