Progress of Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Diffusion-weighted Imaging in Liver Diseases

Overview

Journal World J Clin Cases

Publisher Baishideng Publishing Group

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2020 Sep 3

PMID 32874971

Citations 9

Authors

Yun-Yun Tao

Yi Zhou

Ran Wang

Xue-Qin Gong

Jing Zheng

Cui Yang

Lin Yang

Xiao-Ming Zhang

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Abstract

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.

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