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Podcast: Surfing the MASH Tsunami
Episode: S3-E14 - NAS Scores and the Challenge of Complex Ballooned Hepatocytes
Description: One major discussion at NASH-TAG this year was about the inconsistency in ballooned hepatocyte identification and how this inconsistency inflates screen fail rates and possibly placebo response across studies. This episode explores that issue in detail.The episode is sponsored by HistoIndex. At the back of the episode is a discussion of how artificial intelligence driven assistive technology can improve the consistency of ballooned hepatocyte scoring in advanced fibrosis and support development of robust outcomes for fibrosis studies.This conversation includes three of the paper's authors, including last author Quentin Anstee. The conversation starts with...