Liver Stiffness at MR Elastography: A Surrogate Biomarker for Staging Liver Fibrosis, Predicting Clinical Outcomes, and Selecting Patients

HomeRadiologyVol. 311, No. 2 PreviousNext Reviews and CommentaryEditorialLiver Stiffness at MR Elastography: A Surrogate Biomarker for Staging Liver Fibrosis, Predicting Clinical Outcomes, and Selecting PatientsAn Tang An Tang Author AffiliationsFrom the Department of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Université de Montréal, 1058 rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, QC, Canada H2X 3J4; Department of Radiology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada; and Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada.Address correspondence to the author (email: [email protected]).An Tang Published Online:May 14 2024https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.240890See also the article by Ozkaya and Kennedy et al in this issue.MoreSectionsFull textPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookXLinked In References1. Moon AM, Singal AG, Tapper EB. Contemporary Epidemiology of Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020;18(12):2650–2666. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar2. Bataller R, Brenner DA. Liver fibrosis. J Clin Invest 2005;115(2):209–218. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar3. Petitclerc L, Sebastiani G, Gilbert G, Cloutier G, Tang A. Liver fibrosis: Review of current imaging and MRI quantification techniques. J Magn Reson Imaging 2017;45(5):1276–1295. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar4. Lefebvre T, Wartelle-Bladou C, Wong P, et al. Prospective comparison of transient, point shear wave, and magnetic resonance elastography for staging liver fibrosis. Eur Radiol 2019;29(12):6477–6488. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar5. Moura Cunha G, Fan B, Navin PJ, et al. Interpretation, Reporting, and Clinical Applications of Liver MR Elastography. Radiology 2024;310(3):e231220. Link, Google Scholar6. Kim HJ, Kim B, Yu HJ, et al. Reproducibility of hepatic MR elastography across field strengths, pulse sequences, scan intervals, and readers. Abdom Radiol (NY) 2020;45(1):107–115. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar7. Tang A, Dzyubak B, Yin M, et al. MR elastography in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: inter-center and inter-analysis-method measurement reproducibility and accuracy at 3T. Eur Radiol 2022;32(5):2937–2948. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar8. Ozkaya E, Kennedy P, Chen J, et al. Precision and Test-Retest Repeatability of Stiffness Measurement with MR Elastography: A Multicenter Phantom Study. Radiology 2024;311(2):e233136. Google Scholar9. MR Elastography of the Liver, Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance. Profile Stage: Technically Confirmed. QIBA MR Biomarker Committee. https://qibawiki.rsna.org/images/5/54/MRE-QIBAProfile-2022-02-14-TECHNICALLY-CONFIRMED.pdf. Published February 14, 2022. Accessed March 23, 2024. Google Scholar10. de Franchis R, Bosch J, Garcia-Tsao G, Reiberger T, Ripoll C; Baveno VII Faculty. Baveno VII - Renewing consensus in portal hypertension. J Hepatol 2022;76(4):959–974. Erratum in: J Hepatol. 2022 Apr 14; PMID: 35120736. Crossref, Medline, Google ScholarArticle HistoryReceived: Mar 24 2024Revision requested: Apr 8 2024Revision received: Apr 8 2024Accepted: Apr 8 2024Published online: May 14 2024 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsAccompanying This ArticlePrecision and Test-Retest Repeatability of Stiffness Measurement with MR Elastography: A Multicenter Phantom StudyMay 14 2024RadiologyRecommended Articles Quantitative Elastography Methods in Liver Disease: Current Evidence and Future DirectionsRadiology2018Volume: 286Issue: 3pp. 738-763Liver Stiffness Measured with Two-dimensional Shear-Wave Elastography Is Predictive of Liver-related Events in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease Due to Hepatis B Viral InfectionRadiology2020Volume: 295Issue: 2pp. 353-360US Elastography in Hepatic Fibrosis—Radiology In TrainingRadiology2021Volume: 299Issue: 2pp. 264-271Evaluation of Liver Stiffness Values Requires Consideration of Many FactorsRadiology2024Volume: 311Issue: 1Quantification of Liver Surface Nodularity at CT: Utility for Detection of Portal HypertensionRadiology2018Volume: 289Issue: 3pp. 698-707See More RSNA Education Exhibits Resident Primer On US And MR Elastography For Hepatic FibrosisDigital Posters2021Hepatic Elastography For Fibrosis And Steatosis Quantification: An Overview Of Applications, Limitations And Perspectives With Multimodality ImagingDigital Posters2021Sonographic Liver Elastography: An Overview And Pathologic Correlation At A Liver Transplantation Center Digital Posters2021 RSNA Case Collection Primary HemochromatosisRSNA Case Collection2021LI-RADS 5RSNA Case Collection2022LI-RADS 5RSNA Case Collection2021 Vol. 311, No. 2 Metrics Altmetric Score PDF download