Comparison of monoexponential, intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging for assessment of hepatic fibrosis

Acta Radiol. 2019 Dec;60(12):1593-1601. doi: 10.1177/0284185119840219. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Authors

Jeong Hee Yoon^{1

2}, Jeong Min Lee^{1

2

3}, Kyung Bun Lee⁴, Dongeun Kim⁵, Hiroyuki Kabasawa⁶, Joon Koo Han^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
³ Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁵ GE Healthcare Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁶ GE Healthcare Japan, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 30935212
DOI: 10.1177/0284185119840219

No abstract available

Keywords: Liver cirrhosis; diffusion-weighted imaging; hepatitis; intravoxel incoherent motion; kurtosis.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Echo-Planar Imaging / methods
Female
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Liver / diagnostic imaging
Liver Cirrhosis / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Young Adult