MR elastography: high rate of technical success in pediatric and young adult patients

M Joshi, JR Dillman, AJ Towbin, SD Serai, AT Trout - Pediatric radiology, 2017 - Springer
Background Magnetic resonance (MR) elastography allows the noninvasive assessment of
liver stiffness, which is a surrogate for fibrosis. Objective The purpose of this study was to …

Normal range for MR elastography measured liver stiffness in children without liver disease

MC Sawh, KP Newton, NP Goyal… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) can determine the presence and
stage of liver fibrosis. Data on normative MRE values, while reported in adults, are limited in …

Spin-echo echo-planar imaging MR elastography versus gradient-echo MR elastography for assessment of liver stiffness in children and young adults suspected of …

SD Serai, JR Dillman, AT Trout - Radiology, 2017 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To compare two-dimensional (2D) gradient-recalled echo (GRE) and 2D spin-echo
(SE) echo-planar imaging (EPI) magnetic resonance (MR) elastography for measurement of …

Pediatric MR elastography of hepatic fibrosis: principles, technique and early clinical experience

LA Binkovitz, M El-Youssef, KJ Glaser, M Yin… - Pediatric …, 2012 - Springer
Numerous pediatric conditions result in hepatic fibrosis. As treatments develop for the
underlying disorders, a non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis would be beneficial as an …

Diagnostic performance of MR elastography for liver fibrosis in children and young adults with a spectrum of liver diseases

AT Trout, RM Sheridan, SD Serai, SA Xanthakos, W Su… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance (MR) elastography–
derived liver stiffness to detect liver fibrosis in a pediatric and young adult population with a …

Normal liver stiffness measured with MR elastography in children

AT Trout, SA Anupindi, MS Gee, G Khanna… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Stiffness thresholds for liver MR elastography in children vary between studies
and may differ from thresholds in adults. Normative liver stiffness data are needed to …

Hepatic MR elastography: clinical performance in a series of 1377 consecutive examinations

M Yin, KJ Glaser, JA Talwalkar, J Chen, A Manduca… - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the technical success rate and diagnostic performance of liver magnetic
resonance (MR) elastography. Materials and Methods This retrospective study was …

Magnetic resonance elastography of the liver: everything you need to know to get started

KM Pepin, CL Welle, FF Guglielmo, JR Dillman… - Abdominal …, 2022 - Springer
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) of the liver has emerged as the non-invasive
standard for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases (CLDs). The utility of …

Technical failure of MR elastography examinations of the liver: experience from a large single-center study

M Wagner, I Corcuera-Solano, G Lo, S Esses, J Liao… - Radiology, 2017 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the determinants of technical failure of magnetic resonance (MR)
elastography of the liver in a large single-center study. Materials and Methods This …

Pediatric liver MR elastography

SD Serai, AJ Towbin, DJ Podberesky - Digestive diseases and sciences, 2012 - Springer
Introduction Many chronic pediatric liver disorders are complicated by the development of
fibrosis and ultimately cirrhosis. Although hepatic fibrogenesis progresses along a common …