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Progress of magnetic resonance elastography in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
LIANG Yuanzi  LI Daowei 

Cite this article as: Liang YZ, Li DW. Progress of magnetic resonance elastography in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2019, 10(9): 707-710. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2019.09.015.


[Abstract] In recent years, the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in China is rising, and has become the largest chronic liver disease in China. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFL), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and its related liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Among them, NASH has a higher risk of developing liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Magnetic resonance elastic imaging (MRE) is of great value in the diagnosis and monitoring of the course of NAFLD. This article reviews the basic principle of MRE and its application in NAFLD.
[Keywords] fatty liver;hepatitis;hepatic fibrosis;magnetic resonance imaging

LIANG Yuanzi People's Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Provincial People's Hospital, Shenyang 110015, China

LI Daowei* People's Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Provincial People's Hospital, Shenyang 110015, China

*Corresponding to: Li DW, E-mail: lidaowei024@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2019-06-02
Accepted  2019-07-26
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2019.09.015
Cite this article as: Liang YZ, Li DW. Progress of magnetic resonance elastography in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2019, 10(9): 707-710. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2019.09.015.

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