Refresher Course: Abdominal and Gastrointestinal

RC 601 - Hepatic steatosis, fibrosis and siderosis: How to quantify and how to report?

February 26, 16:30 - 17:30 CET

3 min
Chairperson's introduction
Pablo Rodríguez Carnero, Madrid / Spain
15 min
Quantification of liver fat and fibrosis with ultrasound
Giovanna Ferraioli, Pavia / Italy
  1. To introduce the new MASLD nomenclature.
  2. To present the methods of ultrasound fat quantification and elastography to assess steatosis and fibrosis.
  3. To present recommendations on how to screen and monitor hepatic steatosis.
15 min
Quantification of liver fat and fibrosis with MRI
Cäcilia Reiner, Zürich / Switzerland
  1. To describe the principles and clinical applications of US and MR elastography.                      
  2. To describe MR elastography and which protocol to use.
  3. To interpret possible parameters that can influence the results.
15 min
Hepatic siderosis
Manuela M. França, Maia / Portugal
  1. To learn how to quantify liver iron overload with MRI.
  2. To understand different forms of iron accumulation in the liver on MRI: pearls and pitfalls.
  3. To learn how to integrate these imaging techniques into clinical practice.
12 min
Panel discussion: Diagnostic performance of ultrasound and MRI: how good are we?