Ultrasonography and elastography are the most widely used imaging modalities for diagnosing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. This study aimed to assess and compare the diagnostic accuracy in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease/non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. This systematic review was based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A systematic search was done for the past seven years using Pubmed, Pubmed Central, Cochrane, and Google Scholar databases on Jun 29, 2022. Studies were included based on the following predefined criteria: observational studies, randomized controlled trial (RCT), comparative studies, studies using liver biopsy or MRI proton density fat fraction (MRI PDFF) as a reference standard, ultrasonography, and elastography with measures of their diagnostic accuracy like sensitivity (SN), specificity (SP), area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve, and English language. The data were extracted on a predefined template. The final twelve eligible studies were assessed using the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy tool (QUADS-2). Most studies focused on elastography techniques, and the remaining focused on quantitative ultrasonography methods like the controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and attenuation coefficient (AC). Only one study was available for the evaluation of qualitative ultrasonography. MRI was generally found superior to other diagnostic tests for determining liver stiffness through magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) and steatosis through MRI PDFF. Data assessing the comparative diagnostic accuracy of the two tests were inconclusive.
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