Noninvasive quantification of oxygen saturation in the portal and hepatic veins in healthy mice and those with colorectal liver metastases using QSM MRI.

Eoin FinnertyRajiv RamasawmyJames O'CallaghanJohn J ConnellMark LythgoeKarin ShmueliDavid L ThomasSimon Walker-Samuel

Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2018)

QSM is a feasible tool for noninvasively measuring SvO2 in the liver and can detect differences due to increased oxygen consumption in livers bearing colorectal metastases.

Keyphrases

liver metastases
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
high fat diet induced
inferior vena cava
diffusion weighted imaging
type diabetes
computed tomography
insulin resistance
adipose tissue