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Fig. 4 | Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Fig. 4

From: Hepatic magnetic resonance elastography: can it be an alternative to invasive biopsy preceding living donor liver transplantation?

Fig. 4

ac Demonstrates MRE sequence images of 43-year-old apparently normal LLD candidate with 32% hepatic steatosis of grade S1b (≥ 20%) and the estimated mean stiffness of the liver was 2.33 kPa. The obtained MRE sequence images include; the shear wave image (a), as well as the color-coded confidence map images with 0–8 kPa and 0–20 kPa (b and c, respectively). The color-coded shear wave image (a) show wide, irregular, and longer wave length of the liver, particularly in the right hepatic lobe (the arrows in image a). Moreover, the color-coded confidence map with 0–8 kPa (b) demonstrates 2 greenish-yellow areas on a light blue background, while on the color-coded confidence map with 0–20 kPa (c), they exhibit light blue color on a light purple background. According to the associated color bars, these colors reflect the increased tissue stiffness with the mean estimated stiffness values of the liver in the ROIs, on confidence maps (red rings on b and c images) was 2.30 kPa (stiffness of grade S1b steatosis). Moreover, the liver biopsy confirmed these findings

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