Background/Aims: Since the introduction of ultrasonography, liver steatosis has become an
increasingly frequent diagnosis. Both ultrasonography (US) and computerized tomography
(CT) provide qualitative rather than quantitative assessment of fatty infiltration. The objective
of this study was to develop a noninvasive method for the quantification of the hepatic fat
content in vivo. A text object containing solutions with CT scan density (CTD) similar to
normal liver (“liver-equivalent”) or “fat-equivalent material” in variable proportions was …