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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria according to the sample group

From: 7-T MRI of explanted liver and ex-vivo pancreatic specimens: prospective study protocol of radiological-pathological correlation feasibility (the EXLIPSE project)

 

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Group “A” of native liver

- Age ≥ 18 years

- Informed consent

- Full possession of one’s own faculties

- Patients who are going to undergo liver transplantation, independently from previous therapy or from the primary disease they are affected by

- Patients affected by polycystic liver disease

- Excluded from liver transplantation

Group “B” of excluded grafts

- Liver grafts with histologically proven macrovesicular steatosis, not fit for transplantation

- Liver grafts histologically proven macrovesicular steatosis fit for transplantation

- Liver grafts not fit for transplantation due to causes other than steatosis

Group “C” of focal pancreatic lesions

- Age ≥ 18 years

- Informed consent

- Full possession of one’s own faculties

- Affected by pancreatic lesion histologically proven to be a carcinoma or with imaging and laboratory findings highly suspicious for PDAC, and treated by up-front pancreaticoduodenectomy or total pancreatectomy

- Assessed by contrast-enhanced CT examination within 21 days before surgery

- Excluded from surgery due to the severity of their condition.