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- Honsoul Kim
- Seong Ho Park
- Eun Kyung Kim
- Myeong-Jin Kim
- Young Nyun Park
- Hae-Jeong Park
- Jin-Young Choi
Abstract
Purpose: The diagnosis and monitoring of liver fibrosis is an important clinical issue; however, this is usually achieved by invasive methods such as biopsy. We aimed to determine whether histogram analysis of hepatobiliary phase images of gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide non-invasive quantitative measurement of liver fibrosis. Methods: This retrospective study was approved by the institutional ethics committee, and a waiver of informed consent was obtained. Hepatobiliary phase images of preoperative gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI studies of 105 patients (69 males, 36 females; age 56.1±12.2) with pathologically documented liver fibrosis grades were analyzed. Fibrosis staging was F0/F1/F2/F3/F4 (METAVIR system) for 11/20/13/15/46 patients, respectively. Four regions-of-interest (ROI, each about 2 cm2) were placed on predetermined locations of representative images. The measured signal intensity of pixels in each ROI was used to calculate corrected coefficient of variation (cCV), skewness, and kurtosis. An average value of each parameter was calculated for comparison. Statistical analysis was performed by ANOVA, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, and linear regression. Results: The cCV showed statistically significant differences among pathological fibrosis grades (P
Suggested Citation
Honsoul Kim & Seong Ho Park & Eun Kyung Kim & Myeong-Jin Kim & Young Nyun Park & Hae-Jeong Park & Jin-Young Choi, 2014.
"Histogram Analysis of Gadoxetic Acid-Enhanced MRI for Quantitative Hepatic Fibrosis Measurement,"
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(12), pages 1-15, December.
Handle:
RePEc:plo:pone00:0114224
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114224
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