Research Article

Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) in Patients with Liver Dysfunction of Chronic Viral Hepatitis: Segmental Heterogeneity and Relationship with Child-Turcotte-Pugh Class at 3 Tesla

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of 82 patients with chronic viral hepatitis evaluated using IVIM MRI.

CharacteristicsValue (mean, SD)Median (range)

Age (years)51 (27-77)
 Male/female, (%)51 (62.2)/31 (37.8)
BMI (kg/m2)24.2 (17.9-24.3)
Hepatitis B/hepatitis C80/2
INR1.26 (0.95-2.9)
ALT (IU/L)81.4 (141)40.5 (13-1005)
AST (IU/L)54.5 (19-691)
ALB (g/L)34 (17-54.7)
TBIL (mmol/L)21.7 (4.9-375.4)
AFP (ng/mL)14.9 (0.84->2000)
CTP score, mean or n
 CTP class A (5~6)40
  524
  616
 CTP class B (7~9)40
  729
  85
  96
 CTP class C (10)2

BMI: body mass index; INR: international normalized ratio; ALT: alanine transaminase; AST: aspartate transaminase; ALB: albumin; TBIL: total bilirubin; AFP: α-fetoprotein.