Effective staging of fibrosis by the selected texture features of liver: Which one is better, CT or MR imaging?

Patients suffering from chronic liver diseases are at a severe risk from complications such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver failure [1]. In the diagnosis and therapeutic assessment of cirrhosis of the liver and chronic hepatitis, it is necessary to stage the degree of hepatic fibrosis as an important indicator of cirrhosis as well as a critical predictive factor for the occurrence of HCC [2], which is one of the most common malignancies in patients that are affected by these diseases [3].

Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - September 17, 2015 Category: Radiology Authors: Zhang Xuejun, Xin Gao, Brent J. Liu, Kevin Ma, Wen Yan, Long Liling, Huang Yuhong, Hiroshi Fujita Source Type: research