Evaluation of hepatic fibrosis using intravoxel incoherent motion in diffusion-weighted liver MRI

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-116

  Yoon, Jeong Hee ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a,b   Baek, Jee Hyun ^a,b   Shin, Cheong Il ^a   Kiefer, Berthold ^c   Han, Joon Koo ^a,b   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted image; Hepatic fibrosis; Intravoxel incoherent motion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; B VALUE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DERIVED PARAMETERS; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; HEPATIC FIBROSIS; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS; INTRAVOXEL INCOHERENT MOTIONS; LIVER MRI;

SURFACE DIFFUSION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; INTRAVOXEL INCOHERENT MOTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892857804     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3182a589be     Document Type: Article

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