August 4, 2026 · Radiology · DOI: 10.1148/radiol.253979

Photon-counting CT Extracellular Volume Fraction for Liver Fibrosis Assessment: Validation against MR Elastography and Histopathology

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The authors aimed to evaluate the feasibility of photon-counting CT (PCCT)-derived extracellular volume fraction (ECV) for staging liver fibrosis by comparing it with MR elastography-derived liver stiffness measurement (LSM) and using histopathology as the reference standard. Their findings demonstrated a strong correlation between ECV and LSM, with both methods showing equivalent diagnostic performance for liver fibrosis staging, indicating that PCCT-derived ECV is a clinically viable option for assessing liver fibrosis.

Xinyu Wu, Jinzhe Li, Rong Deng, Xinxin Xu, Jiahao Zhou, Huanhuan Chong, Weixia Li, Peng Wu, Yongjun Chen, Yuchen Yang, Rui Chang, Haipeng Dong, Ruokun Li, Ingolf Sack, Jing Guo, Zhihan Xu, Bernhard Schmidt, Amir A Borhani, Fuhua Yan, Huimin Lin

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