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

Figure 3

Histologic assessment of liver HCV-related fibrosis. Liver biopsy specimen from subjects with chronic HCV infection, stained with Masson-trichrome. F0 (absent fibrosis), F1 (stellate enlargement of portal tracts), F2 (enlarged portal tracts with rare septa), F3 (numerous septa without cirrhosis), and F4 (cirrhosis) according to Metavir scoring system. Trichrome stains fibrosis blue.