Background and purposes Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) has no recognizable
clinical symptoms, but patients have cognitive and psychomotor deficits. Hyperammonemia …

Purpose To investigate the diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) in early minimal hepatic
encephalopathy (MHE) diagnosis and evaluate the correlations between changes in DKI …

Objective To prevent the development of overt hepatic encephalopathy, the early
intervention for minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) based on an accurate diagnosis is …

Cirrhosis is a major public health concern. However, little is known about the
neurobiological mechanisms underlying brain microstructure alterations in cirrhotic patients …

OBJECTIVE. This study aimed to investigate whole-brain microstructural abnormalities and
their correlation with cognitive impairment in patients with cirrhosis using diffusion kurtosis …

Purpose To evaluate the ability of neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging
(NODDI) for detecting white matter (WM) microstructural abnormalities in minimal hepatic …

Objectives Low-grade cerebral oedema is considered to be pathognomonic of minimal
hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) in cirrhotic patients. The purpose of this study was to …

Background and Aims: Numerous studies have demonstrated thalamus-related structural,
functional, and metabolic abnormalities in minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE). We …

Purpose To quantify the changes in brain water diffusivity in hepatic encephalopathy (HE)
associated with cirrhosis using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and to correlate with …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: White matter abnormalities have been demonstrated to
play an important role in minimal hepatic encephalopathy. In this study, we aimed to …