Is 31P MRS A Useful Tool For Evaluating Early Acute Hepatic Radiation Injury?

Acute hepatic radiation injury could lead to necrosis of hepatocytes, fatty degeneration and hepatic fibrosis. At the present, the gold standard test is liver biopsy. However, this procedure is invasive, uncomfortable for the patients and sometimes results in serious complications. 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has been used to study liver metabolism in vivo for several years.

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Filed under: Liver Disease / Hepatitis on June 25th, 2009