Yunjung Lee1, Hyungjoon Noh1,
Keunhyung Kang1, Ok-Hee Kim1, Byung-Chul Oh1,
Hyeonjin Kim2
1Lee Gil Ya Cancer &
Diabetes Institute, Gachon University of Medicine & Science, Incheon,
Korea, Republic of; 2Radiology, Seoul National University
Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Liver fibrosis was characterized in CCl4-treated rats by using both 1H- and 31P-MRS, and the potential diagnostic efficacy of the technique was evaluated. The differentiation between the three animal groups of control, F1-2 and F3-4 in this study was achieved only if the combination of the 1H- and 31P-MRS measures was used. Therefore, our study demonstrates the advantage and feasibility of using both 1H- and 31P-MRS techniques in the assessment of liver fibrosis in vivo.