Observational study of a Thermoacoustic Enhanced Ultrasound device to measure liver fat, compared with MRI

You may qualify if

• Study participants are 18 or older.
• Able to understand, read, and provide written informed consent in English.
• Able to tolerate both ultrasound and MRI examinations.
• Able to lie flat, or on their side, for 20 minutes and pause breathing for up to 10 seconds.

You can't join if

• Metal or electronic implants, including, but not limited to: pacemakers, metal clips, drug delivery pumps, hip implants, and neural stimulation devices, contraindicates for MRI.
• Known pregnancy the day of consent or becoming pregnant during study participation based on start date of last menstrual period).
• Liver diseases other than MASLD/MASH/fibrosis including, but not limited to:; Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Ascites; Patients with broken, or injured skin, in the right upper abdominal quadrant.; Body habitus, or anatomical variation, where the liver capsule is not accessible with ultrasound through the patient's right intercostal imaging window used in conventional ultrasound liver imaging.; BMI greater than 50 kg/m2; Patients with subcutaneous fat at measurement location less than or equal to 6mm.; Patients with a missing liver lobe.; Patients with peri-hepatic fat in the measurement location.; Patients with focal liver lesions or anatomical structures in the measurement location, as detected by ultrasound.