ABSTRACT
Objective ToassessthevalueofGdGEOBGDTPAenhancedT1ρimaginginevaluatingtheseverityandinflammation gradeinnonalcoholicsteatohepatitis(NASH)rabbitsmodel.Methods NASH modelswereestablishedin26adultrabbitsbyfeeding withthehighGfat,highGcholesteroldietinavarieddurations (0,4,8,12 weeks).T1ρ,T1ρinthehepatobiliaryphase (HBP)and changeofT1ρ(Δ%)werecomparedamongthedifferentgroupswhichweredeterminedbydifferentnonGalcoholicfattyliverdisease activityscore(NAS)andinflammationgrades.SpearmancorrelationanalysiswasusedtoassessthecorrelationsofT1ρ,T1ρ(HBP) withNASscoresandinflammationgrades.ROCcurvewasperformedtoevaluatethediagnosticvalueofT1ρ,T1ρ(HBP)inpredicting NASHandadvancedinflammation.Results T1ρandT1ρ(HBP)werepositivelyassociatedwithNASandinflammationscores.The differencesofT1ρ(HBP)amongNASH,nonalcoholicfattyliver(NAFL)andnormalliverwerestatisticallysignificant(P＜0.05). T1ρ(HBP)wassignificantlydifferentintherabbitswithgrade3inflammationfromintherabbitswithgrade0,grade1andgrade2 inflammation (P＜0.05).AUCsofT1ρandT1ρ(HBP)fordifferentiatingNASH were0.849and0.949,respectively.AUCofT1ρand T1ρGHBPfordiagnosinggrade2andgrade3inflammationwere0.925and0.922,respectively.Fibrosisandinflammationwerethe mainindependentfactorsaffectingT1(HBP).Conclusion GdGEOBGDTPAenhancedT1ρimagingcanreflecttheseverityofNASH anddegreeofinflammation.T1ρ(HBP)mightbeamoresuperiornoninvasiveimagingbiomarkerthannonGenhancedT1ρforassessmentof NASHactivityandinflammationgrading.