Fatty Liver Screening
Know Your Liver.
Know Your Risk.
Fatty liver disease is common, usually silent, and often reversible when caught early. A quick, painless scan shows you where your liver health really stands.
You can look healthy, feel healthy, and still have excess fat building up in your liver. A Velacur ONE scan gives you a clear answer in a single visit, with no needles.
Fast, single visit
No needles, No Sedation
Non invasive
Reviewed with your physician
What is Fatty Liver Disease?
Fatty liver disease, now called MASLD (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease), happens when extra fat builds up inside your liver cells. Your liver handles hundreds of essential jobs: processing nutrients, filtering toxins, and helping regulate blood sugar and cholesterol. When fat accumulates, those functions can quietly begin to suffer.
You do not have to look overweight to have fatty liver. It can develop in people who feel healthy, are a normal weight, and have no obvious symptoms.
Could you be at risk?
Many everyday factors raise the odds, and most people have no idea. Take the 2 minute check to see whether a scan makes sense for you.
- Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes
- Overweight or obesity
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol or elevated triglycerides
- Metabolic syndrome
- Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes
- Overweight or obesity
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol or elevated triglycerides
- Metabolic syndrome
Your risk appears low
Based on your answers, you don't currently show the key risk factors most associated with fatty liver disease. Keep up your healthy habits.
We recommend a liver scan
Your answers point to one or more risk factors linked to fatty liver disease. The good news: when caught early, it is often reversible.
Daily habits matter too. Regular soda, sweet tea, juice, energy or sports drinks, foods with high fructose corn syrup, frequent fast food, and evening sweets all add up. The liver turns excess sugar into fat over time.
A clear picture, without needles
- Non invasive, no needles, no sedation
- Done right here in our office, in a single visit
- Measures liver fat and liver stiffness
- Results reviewed with your physician
Velacur ONE is a point of care liver assessment system that uses AI guided ultrasound elastography to evaluate your liver. It measures liver stiffness and attenuation, and reports VDFF (Velacur Determined-Fat Fraction), a measure of liver fat that correlates with MRI-PDFF. It also includes B-mode imaging, so your physician sees the tissue as well as the numbers. Velacur ONE received FDA 510(k) clearance in August 2025.
Blood tests may suggest fatty liver, but they often cannot tell how much fat or scarring is actually present. A direct scan can.
The good news: early fatty liver is often reversible
Fatty liver tends to progress silently, from simple fat buildup, to inflammation, to scarring. That progression is not inevitable. Caught early, even modest weight loss and lifestyle changes can significantly reduce liver fat and inflammation, and in many cases stabilize or reverse it. The first step is simply knowing where you stand.
1. Fatty liver
fat builds up
2. Inflammation
liver becomes irritated
early scarring
advanced scarring
serious
Care led by a specialist
Cost and Access
Simple to get started
Many insurance plans may cover the examination when medically appropriate.
Your weight and your liver are connected
The same metabolic factors behind stubborn weight gain, insulin resistance and excess body fat, are leading drivers of fatty liver. If you are working on your weight, your liver is part of the same picture.
Take the first step today.
Complete the form and our team will help you schedule your scan.
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Questions patients ask
Does the scan hurt?
No. It is non invasive, with no needles and no sedation, and it is done right here in our office.
Do I need a referral?
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Will insurance cover it?
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What happens after?
You will review your results with our team and, if needed, get a personalized plan to protect your liver health.
Your liver works hard for you every day
A quick scan is a simple way to make sure it is healthy. Know your liver, know your risk, and take action today.
MacArthur Gastroenterology Inc. (Mac GI)
10520 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94605
Office: (510) 562-7467 ext 1
MacArthurGI.com
Screening recommendations depend on individual risk factors. Talk with your healthcare provider.
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