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. 2020 Jun 25;10(6):431. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10060431

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Examples of abdominal ultrasound images combined with the semi-quantitative score system by Hamaguchi et al. to assess liver fat infiltration in Chilean young adults. The system scores liver brightness from 0 to 3, diaphragm attenuation from 0 to 2 and vessel blurring from 0 to 1. Maximum score possible was 6.