Table 3.

Success rate, image quality, ICC of liver stiffness measurement, and liver stiffness in each fibrosis stage of the 2D and 3D MRE

	2D MRE	3D MRE	p value
Success rate (n = 296)			N/A
Success	293 (99.0%)	293 (99.0%)
Failure	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)
Image quality (n = 293)			0.000
Acceptable	61 (20.8%)	3 (1.0%)
Excellent	232 (79.2%)	290 (99.0%)
ICC of liver stiffness measurement (n = 293)			0.001
ICC (95% CI)	0.955 (0.944, 0.964)	0.979 (0.974,0.983)
Liver stiffness of fibrosis stage (kPa) (n = 293)
No fibrosis (F0, n = 22)	2.48 ± 0.32	2.17 ± 0.28	0.001
Mild fibrosis (F1, n = 55)	2.73 ± 0.37	2.34 ± 0.30	0.000
Moderate fibrosis (F2, n = 59)	3.12 ± 0.61	2.65 ± 0.37	0.000
Advanced fibrosis (F3, n = 65)	4.18 ± 1.09	3.45 ± 0.84	0.000
Cirrhosis (F4, n = 92)	5.94 ± 1.76	5.03 ± 1.89	0.002

ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; MRE, magnetic resonance elastography; N/A, not applicable