Measurements of the caudate lobe of fatty liver with ultrasonography / 国际生物医学工程杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo determine the parameters of caudate lobe of the normal liver by ultrasonagraphy and compare with that of fatty liver and to evaluate caudate lobe's changes in patients.Methods 250 healthy subjects and 250 fatty liver patients were randomly enlisted to undergo ultrasonography to measure three diameters of length,width and thickness of the candate lobes.The differences between sexes,normal livers and fatty livers in different age groups were compared.Results In healthy adults The measurement value of length,width and thickness of normal liver in adults were (5.068±0.45),(1.932±0.26) and 3.840±0.40 cm,respectively.The measurement value of length,width and thickness of fatty livers in adults were (5.341±0.54),(5.341±0.54) and(4.496±0.51 ) cm,respectively.Significant differences were observed in the size of caudate lobe between normal and fatty livers.Conclusion Our investigation results shows that all three parameters of fatty livers are higher compared with that of normal livers and increased size of candate lobe can be used as one indicator to diagnose the fatty liver.