Fig. 5

a–e Demonstrates MRE sequence images of a 40-year-old LLD candidate with mild hepatic fibrosis of F1 stage, according to METAVIR score of fibrosis, and the estimated mean stiffness of the liver was 2.39 kPa. The obtained MRE sequence images include; the conventional anatomical reference image of MRE single slice (a) and the corresponding shear wave images (b), as well as the color-coded elastogram and associated confidence map with 0–8 kPa (c and d, respectively), in addition to the color-coded confidence map image with 0–0 kPa (e). The conventional anatomical reference image (a) reveals apparently normal hepatic tissue, while the analysis of the corresponding color-coded shear wave image (b) show thick, wide, irregular, and longer wave length throughout the liver, particularly in the right hepatic lobe (the arrows in image b). Moreover, the valid area for hepatic stiffness estimation in color-coded confidence map with 0–8 kPa (d) stained with light blue colour with associated area with light green color, while it displayed light blue colour with purple background on confidence map with 20 kPa (e). According to the corresponding color bars, these colors represent increased tissue stiffness with the mean estimated stiffness values of the liver in the ROIs, on confidence maps (red and yellow rings on c and d images, respectively) was 2.39 kPa (stiffness of stage F1 fibrosis). Moreover, the liver biopsy confirmed these findings