
Three-Tesla magnetic resonance elastography for hepatic fibrosis: Comparison with diffusion-weighted imaging and gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
Author(s) -
Hee Sun Park,
Young Jun Kim,
Mi Hye Yu,
Won Hyeok Choe,
Sung Il Jung,
Hae Jeong Jeon
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17558
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance elastography , gadoxetic acid , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , effective diffusion coefficient , elastography , nuclear medicine , hepatic fibrosis , diffusion mri , fibrosis , gadolinium dtpa , nuclear magnetic resonance , radiology , pathology , ultrasound , physics
To evaluate the feasibility of 3-Tesla magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) for hepatic fibrosis and to compare that with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.