期刊
DIAGNOSTICS
卷 11, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11020379
关键词
diffusion weighted imaging; intravoxel incoherent motion; liver; tri-exponential; b-value
Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) are used to assess liver tumors and diffused liver diseases. IVIM can assess molecular diffusion of water and microcirculation of blood, but high variance in D-fast estimates restricts its application in clinical practice for liver IVIM. Further research on a tri-exponential model may be more suitable to describe the DWI signal for liver IVIM.
Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) have been explored to assess liver tumors and diffused liver diseases. IVIM reflects the microscopic translational motions that occur in voxels in magnetic resonance (MR) DWI. In biologic tissues, molecular diffusion of water and microcirculation of blood in the capillary network can be assessed using IVIM DWI. The most commonly applied model to describe the DWI signal is a bi-exponential model, with a slow compartment of diffusion linked to pure molecular diffusion (represented by the coefficient D-slow), and a fast compartment of diffusion, related to microperfusion (represented by the coefficient D-fast). However, high variance in D-fast estimates has been consistently shown in literature for liver IVIM, restricting its application in clinical practice. This variation could be explained by the presence of another very fast compartment of diffusion in the liver. Therefore, a tri-exponential model would be more suitable to describe the DWI signal. This article reviews the published evidence of the existence of this additional very fast diffusion compartment and discusses the performance and limitations of the tri-exponential model for liver IVIM in current clinical settings.
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