Diffusion-Weighted MRI for the Assessment of Liver Fibrosis: Principles and Applications

The importance of an early identification of hepatic fibrosis has been emphasized, in order to start therapy and obtain fibrosis regression. Biopsy is the gold-standard method for the assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic liver diseases, but it is limited by complications, interobserver variabilit...

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Main Authors: Stefano Palmucci, Giuseppina Cappello, Giancarlo Attinà, Giovanni Fuccio Sanzà, Pietro Valerio Foti, Giovanni Carlo Ettorre, Pietro Milone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/874201