Chronic liver disease (CLD) ultimately develops into liver fibrosis and cirrhosis and is a
major public health problem globally. The assessment of liver fibrosis is important for …

Purpose Liver biopsy was considered the gold standard for diagnosing liver fibrosis;
however, with advancements in medical technology and increasing awareness of potential …

Background Extracellular volume (ECV) correlates with the degree of liver fibrosis. Purpose
To analyze the performance of liver MRI‐based ECV evaluations with different blood pool …

Background Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease,
characterized by bile duct inflammation and destruction, leading to biliary fibrosis and …

Magnetization transfer (MT) imaging is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that
can be used to exploit the contrast between tissues where 1H protons are present in three …

Objectives To determine whether T2 mapping in liver MRI can predict decompensation and
death in cirrhotic patients. Methods This retrospective study included 292 cirrhotic patients …

We aimed to investigate the diagnostic utility of MRI extracellular volume fraction (ECV) for
the assessment of liver cirrhosis severity as defined by Child–Pugh class. In this …

Methods: A literature search in PubMed was performed using “assessment of liver
fibrosis”,“liver fibrosis” and “non-invasive tests for liver fibrosis” as key words. Novel data and …

Purpose Calculation of extracellular volume fraction (ECV) currently receives increasing
interest as a potential biomarker for non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis. ECV …

Background T1, T2, and T1ρ might be potential biomarkers for assessing liver fibrosis.
However, few studies reported the value of them in different animal models. Purpose To …