{"id":113724,"date":"2016-06-17T10:36:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T14:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&#038;p=113724"},"modified":"2016-06-17T10:36:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T14:36:51","slug":"mri-replacing-biopsy-detect-liver-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/06\/mri-replacing-biopsy-detect-liver-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"MRI Replacing Biopsy to Detect Liver Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_113760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113760\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113760 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MRI-Univ.-Tower-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The recently installed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine has a capability known as elastography, which measures the stiffness of the liver using mechanical waves.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MRI-Univ.-Tower-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MRI-Univ.-Tower-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MRI-Univ.-Tower-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MRI-Univ.-Tower-1-630x354.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MRI-Univ.-Tower-1.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The recently installed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine can measure the stiffness of the liver using mechanical waves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An imaging technique now available at UConn Health is reducing the need for biopsies in patients who may have chronic liver disease.<\/p>\n<p>The recently installed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine has a capability known as elastography, which measures the stiffness of the liver using mechanical waves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA stiffer liver will have different characteristics, which can indicate fibrosis or cirrhosis, or acute inflammation associated with hepatitis,\u201d says <a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=Molina-Marco\">Dr. Marco Molina<\/a>, UConn Health radiologist. \u201cMR electography allows us to assess the stiffness of the liver without having to biopsy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This approach also enables physicians to monitor the liver\u2019s response to treatment, which can be helpful in determining when liver inflammation is progressing toward fibrosis or cirrhosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA wide range of patients can benefit because there\u2019s no invasive quality to this,\u201d Molina says.<\/p>\n<p>UConn Health has the only radiology practice in the central Connecticut region equipped with magnetic resonance electrography.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the UConn Health Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/radiology\">health.uconn.edu\/radiology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recently installed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine at UConn Health has a capability known as elastography, which measures the stiffness of the liver using mechanical waves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":113759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1868],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[57,2010],"class_list":["post-113724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meds"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 14:28:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113725,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113724\/revisions\/113725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/113759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113724"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=113724"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=113724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}