Table 1.

Definitions of statistics terms and imaging techniques

Terms	Definition
Area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC)	The AUROC is a measure of how well a parameter can distinguish between two diagnostic groups (diseased/normal)
Accuracy	Consists of Trueness (proximity of measurement results to the true value) and Precision (repeatability or reproducibility of the measurement)
Negative predictive value	Proportion of people with a negative test who are free of the target disorder
Positive predictive value	Proportion of people with a positive test who have the target disorder
Sensitivity	Proportion of people with the target disorder who have a positive test result
Specificity	Proportion of people without the target disorder who have a negative test
Imaging techniques
Ultrasonography-based transient elastography (FibroScan)	Technique whereby shear waves, at a low frequency of 50 Hz, are created by a vibrating probe and transducer applied to the skin overlying the liver
Acoustic radiation force impulse	Use of shear acoustic waves remotely induced by the radiation force of a focused ultrasonic beam
Magnetic resonance imaging-based Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy	Quantifies hepatosteatosis by measuring proton signals from the acyl groups of hepatocyte triglyceride stores
Magnetic resonance elastography	Obtained by depicting the propagated shear waves, and images of the shear waves are analyzed and used to generate the elastogram