Relative enhancement index can be used to quantify liver function in cirrhotic patients that undergo gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI.
Antonio Luis Eiras AraújoDaniella Braz ParenteAlexandre Cerqueira da SilvaGuilherme Ferreira da Motta RezendeGustavo Braga MendesRonir Raggio LuizRebecca de Oliveira SouzaStefanos da Costa GeneralisRosana Souza RodriguesRenata Mello PerezPublished in: European radiology (2023)
• REI is a valuable non-invasive index for liver function quantification that has good correlations with other liver function biomarkers. • REI can be easily calculated in the routine evaluation of cirrhotic patients that undergo gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI. • The REI enables stratification of cirrhotic patients into good and poor liver function groups and can be used as additional information, together with morphological and focal liver lesion evaluation.