Evaluation of hepatic steatosis before liver transplantation in ex vivo by volumetric quantitative PDFF-MRI.

Gen ChenJipin JiangXinqiang WangMin YangYalong XieHui GuoHao TangLifen ZhouDaoyu HuIhab R KamelZhishui ChenZhen Li

Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2020)

Ex vivo volumetric quantitative PDFF-MRI histogram analysis is a very useful and noninvasive method to detect MHS before liver transplantation. Median PDFF was the best predictor of the presence of MHS. Entropy is a very promising parameter.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
diffusion weighted imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted
high resolution
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
mass spectrometry