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ArticleAbdominal radiology (New York)2024

The value of varying diffusion curvature MRI for assessing the microvascular invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Yunfei Zhang, Ruofan Sheng, Yongming Dai, Chun Yang, Mengsu Zeng

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Article in Abdominal radiology (New York), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Diagnostic model using LI-RADS v2018 for predicting early recurrence of microvascular invasion-negative solitary hepatocellular carcinoma.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2025
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yunfei ZhangShanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Ruofan ShengShanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Yongming DaiSchool of Biomedical Engineering, ShanghaiTech Univerisity, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Chun YangShanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China. yangchun_zs111@163.com.
Mengsu ZengShanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China. zengmengsu111@163.com.
Zhongshan Hospital · CNShanghaiTech University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82171897National Natural Science Foundation of China 82371923Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality 23Y11907400Shanghai Municipal Health Commission 202240152
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeVarying diffusion curvature (VDC) MRI is an emerging diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) technique that can capture non-Gaussian diffusion behavior and reflect tissue heterogeneity. However, its clinical utility has hardly been evaluated. We aimed to investigate the value of the VDC technique in noninvasively assessing microvascular invasion (MVI) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

methods74 patients with HCCs, including 39 MVI-positive and 35 MVI-negative HCCs were included into this prospective study. Quantitative metrics between subgroups, clinical risk factors, as well as diagnostic performance were evaluated. The power analysis was also carried out to determine the statistical power.

resultsMVI-positive HCCs exhibited significantly higher VDC-derived structural heterogeneity measure, D

conclusionVDC can aid in the noninvasive and preoperative diagnosis of HCC with MVI, which may result in the clinical benefit in terms of prognostic prediction and clinical decision-making.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver Neoplasmsalpha-FetoproteinsDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingHumansMicrovesselsNeoplasm InvasivenessProspective StudiesRetrospective Studiesalpha-FetoproteinsDiffusion-weighted ImagingHepatocellular carcinomaMicrovascular invasionVarying diffusion curvature

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