Table 1.
Characteristics of the 44 Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy Comparing Ultrasound to histology, sorted by publication year(*)
| Author, year (reference) | Country | Setting | Indication Ultrasound/Standard | Liver Disease | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gosink, 1979(18) | USA | Hospital | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 23 |
| Foster, 1980(19) | UK | Hospital | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 60 |
| Youssef, 1980(20) | Finland | Mixed (inpatient/outpatient) | Mixed | Mixed | 62 |
| Debongnie, 1981(21) | Belgium | N/R | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 44 |
| Spuhler, 1981(22) | Germany | Hospital | N/R | Mixed | 310 |
| Pirovino, 1982 (23) | Switzerland | Hospital | Known liver disease | Mixed | 20 |
| Pamilo, 1983 (24) | Finland | N/R | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 24 |
| Yajima, 1983 (25) * | Japan | N/R | Known liver disease | Mixed | 28 |
| Sanford, 1985(26) * | Australia | Hospital | Known liver disease | Mixed | 125 |
| Berrut, 1986 (27) | Switzerland | Hospital | Suspicion liver disease | N/R | 38 |
| Cusumano, 1986 (28) | Italy | N/R | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 22 |
| Needleman, 1986 (29) | USA | Hospital | Known liver disease | Mixed | 96 |
| Saverymuttu, 1986 (30) | UK | Outpatient clinic | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 90 |
| Tam, 1986 (31) * | Taiwan | Hospital | N/R | Mixed | 113 |
| Coulson, 1987 (32) | UK | Outpatient clinic | Other | Mixed | 49 |
| Forsberg, 1987 (33) | Sweden | N/R | Mixed | Mixed | 24 |
| Sato, 1987 (34) * | Japan | Mixed (inpatient/outpatient) | Known liver disease | Mixed | 155 |
| Savarino, 1987 (35) | Italy | Mixed (inpatient/outpatient) | Known liver disease | Mixed | 90 |
| Celle, 1988 (36) | Italy | Hospital | Known liver disease | Mixed | 90 |
| Lossner, 1988 (37) | Germany | Hospital | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 187 |
| Saitoh, 1988 (38) * | Japan | Hospital | N/R | Mixed | 38 |
| Yang, 1988 (39) | Taiwan | Hospital | Known liver disease | Mixed | 90 |
| Ferrari, 1989 (40) * | Italy | N/R | Known liver disease | Mixed | 121 |
| Nishimura, 1989 (41) | Japan | Mixed (inpatient/outpatient) | Known liver disease | Mixed | 32 |
| Joseph, 1991 (42) | UK | Outpatient clinic | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 19 |
| Bloom, 1992 (43) | UK | Mixed (inpatient/outpatient) | Known liver disease | Mixed | 59 |
| Castellano, 1993 (44) | Spain | Mixed (inpatient/outpatient) | Mixed | Mixed | 46 |
| Nagata, 1993 (45) | Japan | Hospital | N/R | Mixed | 38 |
| Cardi, 1997 (46) | Italy | N/R | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 12 |
| Kim, 2005 (52) | Korea | Hospital | Other | NAFLD | 94 |
| Palmentieri, 2006 (53) | Italy | N/R | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 208 |
| Riley, 2006 (54) | USA | Outpatient clinic | Known liver disease | Mixed | 115 |
| Hamaguchi, 2007 (55) | Japan | Hospital | Suspicion liver disease | NAFLD | 94 |
| Lee, 2007(56) | Korea | Hospital | Other | NAFLD | 589 |
| Perez, 2007 (57) | USA | Hospital | Known liver disease | Mixed | 92 |
| Saluena, 2007 (58) | Spain | N/R | Suspicion liver disease | NAFLD | 87 |
| Chen, 2008 (59) | Taiwan | N/R | Known liver disease | No NAFLD | 108 |
| De Moura Almeida, 2008 (60) | Brazil | Hospital | Suspicion liver disease | NAFLD | 100 |
| Ahmed, 2009 (61) * | Egypt | Outpatient clinic | Known liver disease | Mixed | 35 |
| Dasarathy, 2009 (62) * | USA | Outpatient clinic | Suspicion liver disease | Mixed | 73 |
| Guajardo-Salinas, 2009 (63) | USA | Outpatient clinic | Other | NAFLD | 102 |
| Soresi, 2009 (64) | Italy | N/R | Mixed | Mixed | 150 |
| Yamashiki, 2009 (65) | Japan | Hospital | Health screening | NAFLD | 78 |
| Lee, 2010 (66) | Korea | Outpatient clinic | Health screening | NAFLD | 161 |
*
n = These studies provided data of the accuracy of individual ultrasound parameters compared to histology.