Hepatitis C related chronic liver cirrhosis: feasibility of texture analysis of MR images for classification of fibrosis stage and necroinflammatory activity grade.

<h4>Purpose</h4>To assess the feasibility of texture analysis for classifying fibrosis stage and necroinflammatory activity grade in patients with chronic hepatitis C on T2-weighted (T2W), T1-weighted (T1W) and Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced hepatocyte-phase (EOB-HP) imaging.<h4>Materials an...

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Main Authors: Zhuo Wu, Osamu Matsui, Azusa Kitao, Kazuto Kozaka, Wataru Koda, Satoshi Kobayashi, Yasuji Ryu, Tetsuya Minami, Junichiro Sanada, Toshifumi Gabata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118297