Magnetic resonance imaging for quantitative evaluation in children and adolescents with nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

With the increase number of children with obesity or diabetes,the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD)in children becomes higher and higher,which has a strong impact on the growth of the children.As the pathologic change of NAFLD in children is mainly about the intrahepatic fatty infiltration, the determination of liver fat content plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of fatty liver.At pres-ent,the magnetic resonance technique for quantitative evaluation in hepatic fat fraction includes Dixon method, chemical shift imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy and so on.This article reviews the advances of MRI technique for quantification in children with NAFLD.