Figure 6b:

Images obtained in a 67-year-old man with alcoholic liver cirrhosis and grade 3 esophageal varices. (a) Endoscopic images depict the esophageal varices. (b) Axial MR magnitude image obtained with the 3D, three-axis echo-planar sequence is used as the anatomic landmark for analysis of the elastogram. Spleen size is measured as 10.1 cm, which is not well correlated with the grade of esophageal varices. (c) On the MR elastogram, shear stiffness was measured to be 16.7 kPa in the liver and 10.3 kPa in the spleen, which is representative of high-grade esophageal varices.