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Numerous packaging methods and postprocessing functions complicate the clinical selection of quantitative MR imaging techniques for patients with fatty liver disease.
Which quantitative magnetic resonance technique is most accurate for assessing hepatic fat content in subjects with fatty liver disease?
Which quantitative magnetic resonance technique is most accurate for assessing hepatic fat content in subjects with fatty liver disease?
Multiple-point Dixon imaging provides an accurate, noninvasive method for quantifying hepatic fat content in patients with fatty liver disease.
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May guide selection of MR techniques for liver fat quantification in fatty liver; extends diagnostic accuracy evidence but leaves optimal postprocessing standardization open.
BACKGROUND: Early quantitative assessment of liver fat content is essential for patients with fatty liver disease. Mounting evidence has shown that magnetic resonance (MR) technique has high accuracy in the quantitative analysis of fatty liver, and is suitable for monitoring the therapeutic effect on fatty liver. However, many packaging methods and postprocessing functions have puzzled radiologists in clinical applications. Therefore, selecting a quantitative MR imaging technique for patients with fatty liver disease remains challenging. AIM: To provide information for the proper selection of commonly used quantitative MR techniques to quantify fatty liver. METHODS: database (https:// www.referencecitationanalysis.com) was used to analyze citation of articles which were included in this review. RESULTS: Forty studies were included for spectroscopy, two-point Dixon imaging, and multiple-point Dixon imaging comparing liver biopsy to other imaging methods. The advantages and disadvantages of each of the three techniques and their clinical diagnostic performances were analyzed. CONCLUSION: The proton density fat fraction derived from multiple-point Dixon imaging is a noninvasive method for accurate quantitative measurement of hepatic fat content in the diagnosis and monitoring of fatty liver progression.
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