Advances in the application of magnetic resonance imaging in hepatic fat quantification in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2020.06.038
- VernacularTitle:磁共振成像技术在非酒精性脂肪性肝病肝脂肪定量中的应用
- Author:
Rong MU
1
;
Lungen LU
Author Information
1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease;
magnetic resonance imaging;
fat quantification
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2020;36(6):1366-1369
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Hepatic fat content is an important index for the early diagnosis, disease grading, and outcome evaluation of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Various magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods have been used to determine hepatic fat content in NAFLD, among which proton density fat fraction obtained by magnetic resonance spectroscopy and chemical-shift-encoded MRI can achieve precise quantification of hepatic fat and therefore, it is considered the imaging gold standard for the diagnosis of fatty liver disease and has been applied in clinical research. This article reviews the research advances in the MRI techniques for quantification of hepatic fat content, in order to provide a reference for clinical application and experiment.
