## Abstract ## Purpose To assess whether hepatic fibrosis is associated with a restriction in the diffusion of water that can be analyzed with diffusion‐weighted MR imaging (DWI) of the liver. ## Materials and Methods DWI was performed in 10 normal rats and 15 rats with liver fibrosis. Echo‐plan
Feasibility of Diagnosing and Staging Liver Fibrosis with Diffusion Weighted ImagingΔ
✍ Scribed by Nai-yi Zhu; Ke-min Chen; Wei-min Chai; Wei-xia Li; Lian-jun Du
- Book ID
- 117692214
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1001-9294
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