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Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2011 Sep 2;54(3):1082–1090. doi: 10.1002/hep.24452

Table 2.

Characteristics of the Five Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy Comparing Ultrasound to Another Imaging Technique, Sorted by Publication Year

Author, year (reference)	Country	Setting	Indication Ultrasound	Liver Disease	Standard	N
Scatarige, 1984 (67)	USA	Mixed (inpatient/outpatient)	Known liver disease	Mixed	CT	94
Pacifico, 2007 (68)	Italy	N/R	Suspicion liver disease	NAFLD	MRI	100
Pozzato, 2008 (69)	Italy	Hospital	N/R	NAFLD	MRI	60
Edens, 2009 (70)	Netherland	General population	Other	NAFLD	MRS	18
Mancini, 2009 (71)	Italy	Outpatient clinic	Other	NAFLD	MRS	40