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Published in: Abdominal Radiology 12/2017

01-12-2017

Liver fibrosis: in vivo evaluation using intravoxel incoherent motion-derived histogram metrics with histopathologic findings at 3.0 T

Authors: Fubi Hu, Ru Yang, Zixing Huang, Min Wang, Hanmei Zhang, Xu Yan, Bin Song

Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 12/2017

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Abstract

Purpose

To retrospectively determine the feasibility of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging based on histogram analysis for the staging of liver fibrosis (LF) using histopathologic findings as the reference standard.

Methods

56 consecutive patients (14 men, 42 women; age range, 15–76, years) with chronic liver diseases (CLDs) were studied using IVIM-DWI with 9 b-values (0, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 500, 800 s/mm2) at 3.0 T. Fibrosis stage was evaluated using the METAVIR scoring system. Histogram metrics including mean, standard deviation (Std), skewness, kurtosis, minimum (Min), maximum (Max), range, interquartile (Iq) range, and percentiles (10, 25, 50, 75, 90th) were extracted from apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), true diffusion coefficient (D), pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D*), and perfusion fraction (f) maps. All histogram metrics among different fibrosis groups were compared using one-way analysis of variance or nonparametric Kruskal–Wallis test. For significant parameters, receivers operating characteristic curve (ROC) analyses were further performed for the staging of LF.

Results

Based on their METAVIR stage, the 56 patients were reclassified into three groups as follows: F0–1 group (n = 25), F2–3 group (n = 21), and F4 group (n = 10). The mean, Iq range, percentiles (50, 75, and 90th) of D* maps between the groups were significant differences (all P < 0.05). Area under the ROC curve (AUC) of the mean, Iq range, 50, 75, and 90th percentile of D* maps for identifying significant LF (≥F2 stage) was 0.901, 0.859, 0.876, 0.943, and 0.886 (all P < 0.0001), respectively; for diagnosing severe fibrosis or cirrhosis (F4), AUC was 0.917, 0.922, 0.943, 0.985, and 0.939 (all P < 0.0001), respectively. The histogram metrics of ADC, D, and f maps demonstrated no significant difference among the groups (all P > 0.05).

Conclusion

Histogram analysis of D* map derived from IVIM can be used to stage liver fibrosis in patients with CLDs and provide more quantitative information beyond the mean value.
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Metadata
Title
Liver fibrosis: in vivo evaluation using intravoxel incoherent motion-derived histogram metrics with histopathologic findings at 3.0 T
Authors
Fubi Hu
Ru Yang
Zixing Huang
Min Wang
Hanmei Zhang
Xu Yan
Bin Song
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Abdominal Radiology / Issue 12/2017
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Electronic ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-017-1208-2

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