MR Imaging Evaluation of Hepatic Fibrosis:State-of-The-Art Review
- VernacularTitle:MRI技术评价肝脏纤维化的应用进展
- Author:
Xijiao LIU
;
Bin SONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hepatic fibrosis;
Magnetic resonance imaging;
functional magnetic resonance imaging technique
- From:
Chinese Journal of Bases and Clinics in General Surgery
2003;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To review the current status of magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)techniques in the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis.Methods The application and recent advances of various kinds of MRI techniques in evaluating hepatic fibrosis were summarized by literature review.Results The state-of-the-art of MRI evaluating of hepatic fibrosis included common contrast-enhanced MRI,double contrast-enhanced MRI,and various functional MRI techniques.Common contrast-enhanced MRI could detect morphological changes of the liver,but little value in phasing.Double contrast-enhanced MRI markedly increased the contrast to noise ratio.Except diagnosis liver fibrosis,functional MRI also could phase it by its serverity.Conclusion MRI techniques,especially those functional MRI techniques,are advancing very fast and have very great potentiality in both the diagnosis and severity assessment of hepatic fibrosis.
