A form of MRI technology can quantify liver response in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, according to recent research by the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Here’s ...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. WANG Junfeng at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed an innovative ...

Globally, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is now the most common chronic liver disease, affecting up to one in three people in the general population, with an ...

To measure scarring in a patient’s liver with magnet resonance imaging, a vibrator is affixed above the liver. The vibrator causes compression waves in the liver, which can be observed in the images.

Mild fatty liver is another name for grade 1 fatty liver disease. This happens when fat builds up in your liver. Too much fat in your liver, called hepatic steatosis, can keep it from working properly ...

Fatty liver disease occurs when too much fat builds up in your liver. It can lead to more serious liver and health conditions. Lifestyle changes are typically the best treatment for fatty liver ...

A small amount of fat in your liver is healthy, but when fat makes up more than 5% of your liver's weight, it can cause problems. At this point, doctors call it steatotic liver disease, although you ...