Prospective comparison of transient, point shear wave, and magnetic resonance elastography for staging liver fibrosis.
Thierry LefebvreClaire Wartelle-BladouPhilip WongGiada SebastianiJeanne-Marie GiardHélène CastelJessica Murphy-LavalléeDamien OliviéAndré IlincaMarie-Pierre SylvestreGuillaume GilbertZu-Hua GaoBich N NguyenGuy CloutierAn TangPublished in: European radiology (2019)
NCT02044523 KEY POINTS: • The technical failure rate was similar between MRE and US-based elastography techniques. • Liver stiffness measured by MRE and US-based elastography techniques increased with fibrosis stages and inflammation and decreased with steatosis. • MRE provided a diagnostic accuracy higher than US-based elastography techniques for staging of early stages of histology-determined liver fibrosis.