Cha, Dong Ik
Choi, Gyu Seong
Kim, Young Kon http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3070-4880
Kim, Jong Man
Kang, Tae Wook
Song, Kyoung Doo
Ahn, Soo Hyun
Article History
Received: 30 December 2019
Revised: 5 February 2020
Accepted: 17 February 2020
First Online: 3 March 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Young Kon Kim.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in a previous journal. The patient population of this study is part of a prospective-registry of patients scheduled for surgery gathered in our medical center, and includes partial data from a previous prospective study which included 91 patients (Hepatology 2018:68:2254-2256). This study differs from the previous one in that this study emphasizes on the value of diffusion restriction, an ancillary feature of LI-RADS, on ECA-MRI, whereas the previous one focuses on the value of modified (illusional) washout.
: • Prospective• Diagnostic or prognostic study• Performed at one institution