Accuracy of MR elastography and anatomic MR imaging features in the diagnosis of severe hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1356-1364

  Rustogi, Rahul ^a   Horowitz, Jeanne ^a   Harmath, Carla ^a   Wang, Yi ^a,b   Chalian, Hamid ^a   Ganger, Daniel R ^a   Chen, Zongming E ^a   Bolster, Bradley D ^c   Shah, Saurabh ^d   Miller, Frank H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

^d Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; fibrosis; liver; magnetic resonance elastography; morphological features

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 84862095066     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23585     Document Type: Article

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