sorry ultrasound will pick up severe cirrhosis, size of liver , cyst, tumors. it does not measure stiffness of liver.
Ultrasound will not pick up fibrosis, usually picks up severe cirrhosis or tumors. Fibroscan measures stiffness of liver same as biopsy. hep b virus does not kill you, either liver cancer or end stage liver disease does. the disease itself does not attack you but rather the immune system attacking the hep b virus thus scarring the liver. in some instances the hep b virus will crate hcc w/o scarring of the liver.