Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis Using Texture Analysis on Combined-Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Images at 3.0T

Figure 1

MR images of liver in 60-year old man with HCV-related cirrhosis. Noncontrast, Gd-only, SPIO-only, and CCE 2D breath-hold T1-weighted gradient-echo images of cirrhotic liver due to HCV. Abnormal reticular pattern of the liver parenchyma is better visualized on single-contrast-enhanced (Gd or SPIO) images than on unenhanced image and better visualized on CCE images than on single-contrast-enhanced images. Gd: gadolinium; SPIO: superparamagnetic iron oxide, and CCE: combined contrast enhanced.