Sudhakar
Kundapur Venkatesh1, Lynette Li San Teo1, Bertrand Wei
Leng Ang1, Seng Gee Lim2, Aileen Wee3
1Diagnostic Imaging, National
University Health System, Singapore, Singapore; 2Gastroenterology
and Hepatology, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore; 3Pathology,
National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
Liver
biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis of liver fibrosis, however has
related risks and costs. A non-invasive marker of liver fibrosis is therefore
desirable. Currently MRE and DWI are most promising tests for detection of
liver fibrosis without the use of gadolinium based contrast agents. We
performed a study to compare the performance of DWI and MRE for detection of
liver fibrosis. Our study shows that MRE is more accurate than DWI for
detection of all grades of fibrosis and in particular clinically significant
fibrosis.