This pilot study will evaluate conventional and investigational MR imaging and spectroscopic sequences and collect data to help plan more definitive future studies.
This prospective pilot study evaluates the comparative and additive diagnostic performance of Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) and corrected-T1 (cT1) for the detection and staging of fibrosis and inflammation in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), using histology as the reference standard.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
30
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California, United States
Accuracy of MRE and c-T1 to assess disease progress
The positive predictive value of quantitative imaging will be compared to histology for the assessment of NASH.
Time frame: up to one year
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