Figure 23.

Relationship between IVIM measures and severity of inflammatory in liver fibrosis patients caused by viral hepatitis-B. (A) Correlation between fibrosis grading and inflammation. Inflammation grading includes grade-0, grade-1, and grade-2. There is a positive correlation between fibrosis grading and inflammation grading (P = 0.0448). Scatter plots and mean of D_slow (B), D_fast (C) and PF (D) for inflammation grade-1 (n = 19) and grade-2 (n = 8) patients with liver fibrosis (one fibrosis patient with inflammation grade-0 is not included). Infl G1: inflammation grade-1, Infl G2: inflammation grade-2. [Reproduced with permission from reference [80]].