Fatty liver was diagnosed based on the following four criteria: a diffuse hyperechoic echo texture (bright liver), increased echo texture in comparison to the kidneys, vascular blurring and deep attenuation [ 31].
The liver is of markedly increased echo intensity relative to the renal cortex, indicative of severe steatosis.
Simultaneously, the CUTLASS Finland radar monitored enhanced backscatter echo power and increased echo number, which coincided with intensified discrete aurora in approximately the same latitudinal region.
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Decreased muscle thickness indicates decreased muscle mass, and increased echo intensity (EI) of the muscle indicates increased adipose level.
A feasibility study assessing ultrasound of lower leg and foot muscles reported that images obtained of the abductor hallucis muscle from participants over the age of 60 years displayed increased echo intensity and 18% were excluded from measurement analysis due to poor visualisation of the muscle borders [ 31].
Grade 1 and 2 calcification indicates single or scattered areas of increased echo brightness located at cusps margins, respectively; Grade 3 indicates brightness extending into the mid-portion of the cusps, while Grade 4 indicates extensive brightness throughout much of the leaflet tissue.
By comparison, RV systolic functional assessment by FAC was only associated with reduced LV GLS, and increased echo-based right atrial and RV systolic pressures.
Multiple spoiled gradient echo (GRE) images were acquired on a single central slice with increasing echo times (TE=4 48 ms, in 4 ms steps), with TR 117 ms, flip angle 45°, slice thickness 1 mm, and field of view 40 × 45 mm.
Imaging was performed using a gradient echo T2* sequence to obtain images with a fixed repetition time of 2,000 ms and 12 stepwise increasing echo times (TEs) of 2 to 22.9 ms. Field of view was 250 mm with a phase encoding of 59.4% and a slice thickness of 3 mm.
