Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B or C by Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:13.89em"/><col style="width:11.31em"/><col style="width:11.31em"/><col style="width:11.31em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">1 point</td><td class="align_center">2 points</td><td class="align_center">3 points</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Q-LSCR 20min Signal intensity</td><td class="align_center"><i>&gt; 2,2</i></td><td class="align_center"><i>1,9 – 2,19</i></td><td class="align_center"><i>&lt; 1,89</i></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Homogeneity grade</td><td class="align_center">regular homogeneous enhancement</td><td class="align_center">moderately inhomogeneous enhancement</td><td class="align_center">severe inhomogeneous enhancement</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Surface</td><td class="align_center">no apparent nodulations</td><td class="align_center">indeterminate</td><td class="align_center">significant nodulation</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Q-LSCR: quantitative contrast liver/spleen ratio.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Table 1: Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B or C by Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging 