Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: MR Imaging of Liver Proton Density Fat Fraction to Assess Hepatic Steatosis
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...sequences were acquired according to methods published previously.(28,29,39) Median time interval between MRI and biopsy was 42 days....
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...A trained image analyst (6 months of experience with MRE) in the MR3T research laboratory manually placed 2-cm-diameter circular ROIs in each of the nine hepatic segments on the maps, avoiding large blood vessels, liver edges, and (if any) artifacts.(39,51) The mean liver PDFF was calculated by averaging the per-pixel PDFF values across the ROIs in each segment, and the results were outputted automatically to an electronic spreadsheet....
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...which the fat content is calculated(1)....
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