PMID: 8970879Dec 1, 1996Paper

Differentiation of healthy from cirrhotic livers. Evaluation of parametric images after contrast administration in magnetic resonance imaging

Investigative Radiology
L Marti-BonmatiC Torrijo

Abstract

The authors describe a method to differentiate healthy from cirrhotic livers by the analysis of their behavior after paramagnetic contrast administration on magnetic resonance imaging. A dynamic single-slice spoiled-gradient recalled echo magnetic resonance imaging after contrast administration was performed on 67 patients (36 healthy livers and 31 cirrhotic livers). Three parametric images (averaged-enhancement, maximum-enhancement, and maximum-velocity) were reconstructed from the temporal dynamic images. Liver values were quantified by means of a region-of-interest procedure. Relative averaged-enhancement and maximum-enhancement values were significantly different ( P < 0.05) between cirrhotic and normal livers. There was a significant correlation between the parametric values and the Child-Turcotte index of hepatic chronic insufficiency (P < 0.05). Parametric images allow characterization of the signal-versus-time pixel-by-pixel variations in dynamic magnetic resonance imaging. The averaged-enhancement and maximum-enhancement values can be used to differentiate healthy from cirrhotic livers with accuracy. The higher values found in cirrhotic patients may reflect an overall increase in the amount of extracellular contrast pr...Continue Reading

Citations

Feb 28, 2002·Seminars in Ultrasound, CT, and MR·Luis Martí-Bonmatí
Mar 31, 2010·Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography·Tsutomu TamadaTakenori Yamashita
Oct 22, 2014·Abdominal Imaging·James Thomas Patrick Decourcy HallinanSudhakar Kundapur Venkatesh
Oct 27, 1998·Investigative Radiology·L Martí-BonmatíC Casillas

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