Quantification of steatosis in alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Evaluation of four MR techniques versus biopsy

Highlights: • MR allows a non invasive and reliable quantification of hepatic steatosis, avoiding biopsy. • All four MR techniques tested in our study are applicable in daily practice. • Reliability of the different MR techniques isn't affected by underlying liver diseases. - Abstract: Purpose: Given the growing prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome, the management of hepatic steatosis, especially its quantification, is a major issue. We assessed the quantification of liver steatosis using four different MR methods, in order to determine the one that is best correlated with the reference method which consists of histological measurement by liver biopsy.