ReviewBMC gastroenterology2020
Magnetic resonance elastography in staging liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a pooled analysis of the diagnostic accuracy.
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- Optimal cut-offs of vibration-controlled transient elastography and magnetic resonance elastography in diagnosing advanced liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical and molecular hepatology · 2024Pooled it
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- Dual-phase T1-mapping (DHR-MAP) for non-invasive assessment of advanced liver fibrosis and moderate hepatitis: a single-center validation study.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- A novel multi-parameter MRI-based model for identification of high-risk metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.European radiology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis and Metabolic Risk in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2026Article
- Imaging-based fibrosis assessment and risk stratification in MASLD.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: an expert consensus-based practical recommendation from the Korean Liver Cancer Association.Journal of liver cancer · 2025Article
- Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: an expert consensus-based practical recommendation from the Korean Liver Cancer Association.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2025Article
- Twin Peak Method for Estimating Tissue Viscoelasticity Using Shear Wave Elastography.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2025Article
- Combining Multifrequency Magnetic Resonance Elastography With Automatic Segmentation to Assess Renal Function in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2025Article
- Noninvasive Methods for Assessing Liver Fibrosis and Steatosis.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2024Article
- Acute and chronic venous occlusion.The British journal of radiology · 2023Review
- Noninvasive tests in the evaluation of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A review.Clinical liver disease · 2023Review
- Evaluation of Spleen Stiffness in Young Healthy Volunteers Using Magnetic Resonance Elastography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Clinical Significance of Liver MR Imaging.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2023Review
- A comparison of magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) to biomarker testing for staging fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2023Article
- Regional Analysis of Liver Surface Nodularity in a Single Axial MR Image for Staging Liver Fibrosis.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2022Article
- Accuracy of Ultrasonography vs. Elastography in Patients With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2022Review
- Magnetic resonance elastography: from invention to standard of care.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2022Review
- What's new in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease?Frontline gastroenterology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study was performed to systematically evaluate the accuracy of magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) in staging of liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
methodsPUBMED, EMBASE, Web of Science, CNKI, Cochrane Library database were searched from January 2008 to December 2018 for studies related to MRE in the diagnosis of NAFLD liver fibrosis. The quality of the included literature was assessed by Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS-2) tool. The pooled sensitivity, the pooled specificity, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) value was performed by STATA 14.0 software.
resultsA total of 12 studies were included, involving 910 patients. The pooled sensitivity and specificity of each group were 0.77 (95%CI 0.69-0.83) and 0.90 (95%CI 0.83-0.94) for F ≥ 1 (mild liver fibrosis), 0.87 (95%CI 0.74-0.94) and 0.86 (95%CI 0.71-0.94) for F ≥ 2 (significant liver fibrosis), 0.89 (95%CI 0.81-0.94) and 0.84 (95%CI 0.63-0.94) for F ≥ 3(severe liver fibrosis), 0.94 (95%CI 0.85-0.98) and 0.75 (95%CI 0.35-0.94) for F ≥ 4 (early cirrhosis), respectively. The area under the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve was 0.89, 0.93, 0.93, and 0.95, respectively.
conclusionsMRE has high accuracy in the diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis staging in patients with NAFLD.
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