Progress of intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging in liver diseases

Autor: Ran Wang, Cui Yang, Yi Zhou, Xue-Qin Gong, Lin Yang, Yun-Yun Tao, Jing Zheng, Xiao-Ming Zhang
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: World Journal of Clinical Cases
ISSN: 2307-8960
Popis: Traditional magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) uses a single exponential model to obtain the apparent diffusion coefficient to quantitatively reflect the diffusion motion of water molecules in living tissues, but it is affected by blood perfusion. Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM)-DWI utilizes a double-exponential model to obtain information on pure water molecule diffusion and microcirculatory perfusion-related diffusion, which compensates for the insufficiency of traditional DWI. In recent years, research on the application of IVIM-DWI in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatic diseases has gradually increased and has achieved considerable progress. This study mainly reviews the basic principles of IVIM-DWI and related research progress in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatic diseases.
Databáze: OpenAIRE