摘要：High prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has
made this domain of medical diagnostics one of high professional and
public interest. The major problem of NAFLD diagnostics is that in
its initial phase non-alcoholic fatty liver tends to be benign
without tendency to progress, while in its second phase --
non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) can progress to cirrhosis,
which subsequently may cause hepatocellular carcinoma. This fact
explains the need for more sensitive classifications that would
allow early diagnostics of NAFLD. NAFLD diagnostics in most cases is
based on clinicopathological criteria -- decision rules expressed
through ultarasound signs and laboratory data, annotated by
hepatologist/gastroenterologist. In this article we describe the
process of creation of a classification of NAFLD early stages based
on a decisional reasoning, which combines two methods of medical
diagnostics.
关键词：Non-alcoholic fatty liver; NAFLD diagnostics; medical ultrasound; hepatologist/gastroenterologist; pathological liver states classification
