Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic liver disease: can hypointensity on the late portal venous phase be used as an alternative to washout?

Kyoung A BaekSeung Soo KimHyeong Cheol ShinJeong Ah HwangSeo-Youn ChoiWoong Hee LeeChan Ho ParkHyoung Nam LeeNam Hun Heo

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2021)

Additional use of LPVP hypointensity as washout could significantly improve sensitivity for HCC diagnosis when utilizing Gd-EOB-MRI in patients with CLD, without a significant decrease in specificity.

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
structural basis