**8. Conclusion**

**Figure 3.** Receiver operating characteristic curves of each parameter obtained by RTE and Fibroscan for F0-2.

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**Figure 4.** Receiver operating characteristic curves of each parameter obtained by RTE and Fibroscan for F4.

We have described a static elastography technique, RTE, for the "noninvasive" visual assess‐ ment of liver stiffness. Although RTE was inferior to Fibroscan in determining the early stage of liver fibrosis, the performance of RTE compares favorably with that of Fibroscan when detecting liver cirrhosis in patients with chronic liver disease. We suggest that RTE could also be used as a routine imaging method to evaluate the degree of liver fibrosis in patients with other liver diseases. Future studies of larger patient cohorts will be necessary for the validation of RTE analysis, and the combination of RTE with other clinical values in‐ cluding dynamic elastography techniques (i.e. Fibroscan, ARFI and MRE) and serum bio‐ markers will enable improvement of the accuracy of assessing hepatic fibrosis.
