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Novel 3D Magnetic Resonance Elastography for the Noninvasive Diagnosis of Advanced Fibrosis in NAFLD: A Prospective Study

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2016

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Rohit Loomba, Jeffrey Cui, Tanya Wolfson, William Haufe, Jonathan Hooker, Nikolaus M. Szeverenyi, Brandon Ang, Archana Bhatt, Kang Wang, Hamed Aryafar,
The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Abstract

Utilizing a prospective study design, we demonstrate that 3D MRE at 40 Hz has the highest diagnostic accuracy in diagnosing NAFLD advanced fibrosis. Both 2D- and 3D-MRE at 60 Hz, the standard shear-wave frequency, are also highly accurate in diagnosing NAFLD advanced fibrosis.

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