[HTML][HTML] Diffusion-weighted MRI of the liver: challenges and some solutions for the quantification of apparent diffusion coefficient and intravoxel incoherent motion

YXJ Wang, H Huang, CJ Zheng, BH Xiao… - American Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is sensitive to the mobility of water molecule at cellular
and macromolecular level, much smaller than the spatial resolution of the images. It is …

Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: techniques and applications

S Lewis, H Dyvorne, Y Cui… - … Resonance Imaging Clinics, 2014 - mri.theclinics.com
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique that
reports on the physical process of microscopic thermal motion of water molecules in biologic …

Associations between histologic features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and quantitative diffusion‐weighted MRI measurements in adults

P Murphy, J Hooker, B Ang, T Wolfson… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate in adults the associations between histologic features of
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and quantitative measures derived from diffusion …

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for staging liver fibrosis is less reliable in the presence of fat and iron

R Bülow, B Mensel, P Meffert, D Hernando, M Evert… - European …, 2013 - Springer
Objectives To investigate the reliability of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging
(DW-MRI) for staging liver fibrosis in the presence of fat and iron. Methods Ninety-five …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted MR imaging—an experimental study in a rabbit model

I Joo, JM Lee, JH Yoon, JJ Jang, JK Han, BI Choi - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of using intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion-
weighted imaging with multiple b values for the noninvasive diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty …

Comparison of the diagnostic performances of diffusion parameters in diffusion weighted imaging and diffusion tensor imaging of breast lesions

O Cakir, A Arslan, N Inan, Y Anık, T Sarısoy… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of the diffusion parameters measured by
conventional diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) for …

Characterizing non‐gaussian, high b‐value diffusion in liver fibrosis: Stretched exponential and diffusional kurtosis modeling

SW Anderson, B Barry, J Soto, A Ozonoff… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To employ the stretched exponential and diffusional kurtosis models to study the
non‐Gaussian behavior of diffusion‐related signal decay of the liver in an animal model of …

Liver fibrosis staging with diffusion-weighted imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis

H Jiang, J Chen, R Gao, Z Huang, M Wu, B Song - Abdominal Radiology, 2017 - Springer
Purpose A meta-analysis was performed to assess the diagnostic performance of diffusion-
weighted imaging (DWI) in liver fibrosis (LF) staging. Methods We conducted a …

Decreases in molecular diffusion, perfusion fraction and perfusion-related diffusion in fibrotic livers: a prospective clinical intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging …

PX Lu, H Huang, J Yuan, F Zhao, ZY Chen, Q Zhang… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Purpose This study was aimed to determine whether pure molecular-based diffusion
coefficient (D) and perfusion-related diffusion parameters (perfusion fraction f, perfusion …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: an update

N Bharwani, DM Koh - Cancer imaging, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is now widely used as a
standard imaging sequence for evaluation of the liver. The technique is easy to implement …