An Ultrasonic Scoring System for the Diagnosis of Chronic Liver Diseases

Abstract

This paper describes a new ultrasonic scoring system based on the texture characteristics of ultrasonic liver images. This system generates an ultrasonic disease severity (UDS) score that is highly correlated with the computer morphometry (CM) score obtained from the evaluation of liver fibrosis bassed on the biopsy speciments. Essentially, UDS score is with freat resemblance to CM score is defined mathematically referring to CM score as the scoring basis. As a result, UDS can faithfully reflect the disease progression that is determined conventionally based on the evaluation of liver fibrosis. Promising results have been obtained in experimental studies, and it will currently undergoes extensive clinical experiments.