Method | Advantage | Disadvantage | Clinical application | Example |
Blood parameters | Basic assessment; Easy to operate; Cheap | Overall liver assessment; Individual difference; Only reflect liver damage | Most basic and widely used | Alb; bilirubin; ALT; AST; PT |
Comprehensive scoring systems | Basic assessment; Non-individual difference; Easy to operate; Cheap | Overall liver assessment; Not suitable for non-cirrhosis patients | Most basic and widely used | CTP-classification; MELD score |
Quantitative experiments | Accurate assessment; Relatively easy to operation; Relatively cheap | Overall liver assessment only consider the effects of liver on drug intake and metabolism | Frequently used | ICG test |
Liver volume measurement | Accurate assessment; Local segment assessment; Provide anatomical and functional information | Complex to operate; Radioactivity expensive | Used only for academic research | 99mTc-GSA |
Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced MRI | Accurate assessment; Local segment assessment | Evaluation parameters and standards have not yet reached the unified standard; Relatively expensive | Used only for academic research | Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced MRI |