Open AccessValue of intravoxel incoherent motion in detecting and staging liver fibrosis: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Yawei Zheng,
Yi Wei,
Jie Chen,
Shan Yao,
Bin Song
Publication year - 2020
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.v26.i23.3304
Subject(s) - intravoxel incoherent motion , medicine , cirrhosis , fibrosis , receiver operating characteristic , confidence interval , diagnostic odds ratio , odds ratio , area under the curve , perfusion , pathology , effective diffusion coefficient , gastroenterology , nuclear medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology
Liver fibrosis (LF) is a common pathological feature of all chronic liver diseases. With the accumulation of extracellular matrix in the fibrotic liver, true molecular water diffusion and perfusion-related diffusion are restricted. Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) can capture the information on tissue diffusivity and microcapillary perfusion separately and reflect the fibrotic severity with diffusion coefficients.