Intravoxel incoherent motion MRI for liver fibrosis assessment: a pilot study

Background There has been a growing need for an imaging method for the accurate diagnosis and staging of liver fibrosis as a non-invasive alternative to liver biopsy. Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of intra-voxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging for classifying the severity of liver fibrosis. Material and Methods Fifty-seven patients who underwent navigator-triggered, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the liver on a 1.5-T system using...