MR elastography of the liver at 3.0 T in diagnosing liver fibrosis grades; preliminary clinical experience

European Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 656-663

  Yoshimitsu, Kengo ^a   Mitsufuji, Toshimichi ^a   Shinagawa, Yoshinobu ^a   Fujimitsu, Ritsuko ^a   Morita, Ayako ^a   Urakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Takano, Koichi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3.0 T; Chronic liver disease; Fibrosis; MR elastography; Necroinflammation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLASSIFICATION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELASTICITY; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84957949903     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3863-4     Document Type: Article

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