Its lobes are different sizes and can be larger and smaller in areas depending on where the ultrasound professional is taking measurements. These differences can cause some variance in accuracy.

Ultrasound (liver and spleen size, liver perfusion) and elastography (transient elastography (TE); right liver lobe acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (r-ARFI); left liver lobe ARFI (l ...

I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver.The radiologist felt it was a hemangioma.

Ultrasound of the left lobe of the liver reveals a mass in the medial segment that has a hypoechoic "halo" (arrows). The presence of a halo generally indicates metastatic disease.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver.

Learn here about the liver hilum — a fissure that lies between the two sections, or lobes, of the liver, ... Endoscopic ultrasound of the hepatoduodenal ligament and liver hilum.

Biopsy has been the gold standard to assess liver fibrosis. Now, noninvasive vibration-controlled transient elastography has been endorsed by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.