title: Liver magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging: 2011 update.
abstract: Diffusion-Weighted-Imaging (DWI) assesses proton motion on a cellular scale. Owing to recent instrumentation developments, diffusion sequences are now routinely used for liver imaging. This review will go through the physical principles that underlie this technique, and then highlight up-to-date liver applications including quantification of liver fibrosis, focal lesions detection and characterization, and therapy response monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Imagerie medicale, AP-HP, groupe Henri-Mondor Albert-Chenevier, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Creteil, France.
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiaradia
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baranes
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pigneur
authors.forename: Marjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djabbari
authors.forename: Benhalima
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zegai
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brugières
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zerbib
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Decaens
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Deux
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobeiter
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahmouni
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luciani
mesh_terms: D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology*