Modern ultrasound techniques for diagnosing liver steatosis and fibrosis: A systematic review with a focus on biopsy comparison

Table 6 Modified or specific shear wave elastography modalities’ diagnostic efficacy (area under the receiver operating characteristic curves for fibrosis detection)

Ref.	Number of patients	Disease/diagnose	Diagnostic method	Fibrosis stage	AUROC (CI)	Assessment
Patidar et al[39]	127	Diffuse liver diseases	RT-SWE	F0-F1	0.867 (0.72-1)	Good
				F1-F2	0.955 (0.906-1	Excellent
				F2-F3	0.946 (0.883-1)	Excellent
				F3-F4	0.93 (0.633-1)	Excellent
Wang et al[48]	524	CHB	STQ	F > 4	0.86	Good
				F > 2	0.73	Acceptable
Taibbi et al[46]	56	NAFLD	SWE (10 measurements)	F2-F4	0.787 (0.646-0.927)	Acceptable
				F3-F4	0.797 (0.659-0.935)	Acceptable
			SWE (5 measurements)	F2-F4	0.809 (0.676-0.942)	Good
				F3-F4	0.809 (0.684-0.933)	Good
			SWE (3 measurements)	F2-F4	0.714 (0.560-0.869)	Acceptable
				F3-F4	0.736 (0.587-0.885)	Acceptable

AUROC: Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; RT-SWE: Real-time shear wave elastography; CHB: Chronic hepatitis B; STQ: Sound touch quantification; NAFLD: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; SWE: Shear wave elastography.