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Cardiac-induced liver deformation as a measure of liver stiffness using dynamic imaging without magnetization tagging-preclinical proof-of-concept, clinical translation, reproducibility and feasibility in patients with cirrhosis

Chouhan, MD; Fitzke, HE; Bainbridge, A; Atkinson, D; Halligan, S; Davies, N; Lythgoe, MF; ... Taylor, SA; + view all (2021) Cardiac-induced liver deformation as a measure of liver stiffness using dynamic imaging without magnetization tagging-preclinical proof-of-concept, clinical translation, reproducibility and feasibility in patients with cirrhosis. Abdominal Radiology , 46 pp. 4660-4670. 10.1007/s00261-021-03168-8. Green open access

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Abstract

Purpose: MR elastography and magnetization-tagging use liver stiffness (LS) measurements to diagnose fibrosis but require physical drivers, specialist sequences and post-processing. Here we evaluate non-rigid registration of dynamic two-dimensional cine MRI images to measure cardiac-induced liver deformation (LD) as a measure of LS by (i) assessing preclinical proof-of-concept, (ii) clinical reproducibility and inter-reader variability, (iii) the effects of hepatic hemodynamic changes and (iv) feasibility in patients with cirrhosis. / Methods: Sprague–Dawley rats (n = 21 bile duct ligated (BDL), n = 17 sham-operated controls) and fasted patients with liver cirrhosis (n = 11) and healthy volunteers (HVs, n = 10) underwent spoiled gradient-echo short-axis cardiac cine MRI studies at 9.4 T (rodents) and 3.0 T (humans). LD measurements were obtained from intrahepatic sub-cardiac regions-of-interest close to the diaphragmatic margin. One-week reproducibility and prandial stress induced hemodynamic changes were assessed in healthy volunteers. / Results: Normalized LD was higher in BDL (1.304 ± 0.062) compared with sham-operated rats (1.058 ± 0.045, P = 0.0031). HV seven-day reproducibility Bland–Altman (BA) limits-of-agreement (LoAs) were ± 0.028 a.u. and inter-reader variability BA LoAs were ± 0.030 a.u. Post-prandial LD increases were non-significant (+ 0.0083 ± 0.0076 a.u., P = 0.3028) and uncorrelated with PV flow changes (r = 0.42, p = 0.2219). LD measurements successfully obtained from all patients were not significantly higher in cirrhotics (0.102 ± 0.0099 a.u.) compared with HVs (0.080 ± 0.0063 a.u., P = 0.0847). / Conclusion: Cardiac-induced LD is a conceptually reasonable approach from preclinical studies, measurements demonstrate good reproducibility and inter-reader variability, are less likely to be affected by hepatic hemodynamic changes and are feasible in patients with cirrhosis.

Type: Article
Title: Cardiac-induced liver deformation as a measure of liver stiffness using dynamic imaging without magnetization tagging-preclinical proof-of-concept, clinical translation, reproducibility and feasibility in patients with cirrhosis
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-021-03168-8
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-021-03168-8
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Liver fibrosis, Cirrhosis, MRI, Elasticity imaging techniques, Organ motion
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Imaging
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Experimental and Translational Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inst for Liver and Digestive Hlth
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10132515
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