title: [New developments in MRI of the liver].
abstract: Radiology has gained an exceptional position in medicine because a correct diagnosis is the most crucial issue in determining an accurate and personalized therapeutic strategy. This has a direct influence not only on the individual patient but also on the socio-economic aspects of healthcare services in terms of shortening the time interval to establish a diagnosis and to avoid risk-associated invasive diagnostic methods or long-term, cost-intensive follow-up. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an excellent example of this which due to continuous technological developments and emerging techniques allows a non-invasive diagnosis of the different hepatic diseases. In this article, we illustrate the direct correlation between the recent technical advances in MRI, such as 3.0 T, diffusion-weighted imaging, perfusion imaging, spectroscopy, texture analysis and MR elastography and obtaining a confident non-invasive diagnosis of focal and diffuse liver diseases.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiodiagnostik, AKH, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich. nina.bastati@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bastati-Huber
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prosch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baroud
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Magnaldi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ba-Ssalamah
mesh_terms: D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media