MRI paraspinous skeletal muscle enhancement: A potential imaging biomarker for assessing clinical liver cirrhosis severity.

Johannes L du PisanieVenkateswaran RamakrishnanVedang PatelClayton CommanderHyeon Yu

Published in: PloS one (2024)

PSM CEFR is significantly reduced on MRI in patients with clinical manifestations of severe liver cirrhosis. Further investigation into PSM CEFR's usefulness as an imaging biomarker for evaluating liver disease severity is warranted.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
high resolution
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
insulin resistance
computed tomography
fluorescence imaging