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 2

IVIM DWI parameters among the liver segments.

Liver segment (%) (10−3 mm2/s) (10−3 mm2/s)
Mean ± SD95% CIMean ± SD95% CIMean ± SD95% CI

EL34.42-37.851.29-1.3925.86-29.29
ML27.32-31.121.11-1.1828.66-32.16
AR24.49–-27.391.06-1.1131.58-35.05
PR25.59-29.101.07-1.1329.94-34.28
Whole28.14-31.241.15-1.1929.65-32.79
<0.001<0.001<0.001

EL: extra segment of the left lobe; ML: medial segment of the left lobe; AR: anterior segment of the right lobe; PR: posterior segment of the right lobe.