Han, Aiguo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7606-9221
Zhang, Yingzhen N.
Boehringer, Andrew S.
Andre, Michael P.
Erdman, John W. Jr.
Loomba, Rohit
Sirlin, Claude B.
O’Brien, William D. Jr.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK106419)
GE Healthcare
Siemens Healthineers USA (C00214530)
Article History
Received: 2 December 2018
Revised: 24 December 2018
Accepted: 22 January 2019
First Online: 19 February 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Claude B. Sirlin, MD (University of California, San Diego).
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies:The work is supported in part by research grants from Siemens Healthineers USA and GE Healthcare. The use of the Siemens S3000 scanner was loaned to the University of California, San Diego under a research agreement with Siemens Healthineers, USA. The use of the GE Logiq E9 scanner was loaned to the University of California, San Diego under a research agreement with GE Healthcare.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in [].
: • prospective• cross-sectional study• performed at one institution