Consistency of hepatocellular gadoxetic acid uptake in serial MRI examinations for evaluation of liver function.

Dorothea TheiligAboelyazid ElkilanyMoritz SchmelzleTobias MüllerBernd HammTimm Denecke Dominik Geisel

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2020)

Relative enhancement of the liver in the hepatobiliary phase of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI is consistent over successive examinations, different scanner types, and field strengths while correlating negatively with age, which further underscores the validity of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI as an imaging-based liver function test.

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
high resolution
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
mass spectrometry
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