Staging Hepatic Fibrosis: Comparison of Gadoxetate Disodium–enhanced and Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging—Preliminary Observations

Watanabe, Haruo; Kanematsu, Masayuki; Goshima, Satoshi; Kondo, Hiroshi; Onozuka, Minoru; Moriyama, Noriyuki; T. Bae, Kyongtae

doi:10.1148/radiol.10100621

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Staging Hepatic Fibrosis: Comparison of Gadoxetate Disodium–enhanced and Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging—Preliminary Observations

Published in Radiology • Jan 19, 2011

Authors:

Haruo Watanabe

Masayuki Kanematsu

Satoshi Goshima

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate the utility of hepatocyte-phase gadoxetate disodium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in staging hepatic fibrosis and to compare it with diffusion-weighted imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study had institutional review board approval, and the requiremen...

Subject

Medicine

Magnetic resonance imaging

Effective diffusion coefficient

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