FibroScan
FibroScan is a quick and painless scan that measures fat and scarring in your liver using sound waves, similar to an ultrasound.
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Patient-Friendly Explanation
FibroScan is a quick and painless scan that measures fat and scarring in your liver using sound waves, similar to an ultrasound. It takes about 10 minutes and requires no needles or fasting in most cases. It is a simple way to check for fatty liver disease, which is very common in people who are overweight.
Medical
Clinical Definition
FibroScan (transient elastography) is a non-invasive diagnostic modality that uses vibration-controlled ultrasound to measure liver stiffness, a validated proxy for hepatic fibrosis, alongside the controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) for quantifying steatosis. It is widely used as an alternative to liver biopsy for staging and monitoring non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD/MASLD) and identifying patients with clinically significant fibrosis who require specialist hepatology review.
Key Insight
Why It Matters
Fatty liver is closely linked to weight gain, and Accord’s screening programme can use FibroScan to detect silent liver damage early, when it can still be reversed with weight management.
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Medically reviewed by
Family Physician & Registered Acupuncturist, Accord Medical Clinic. MBBS (NUS), Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine (NUS), Graduate Diploma in Acupuncture (Singapore College of TCM).
Last reviewed: August 2026
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