Given that liver fibrosis is often spatially heterogeneous, the volume of liver sampled is considered one of the key advantages of MR Elastography compared with liver biopsy and ultrasound elastography. GRE type sequences appear to be the best choice in patients with normal iron concentrations in the liver, while SE-EPI appears to be superior for patients with iron overload.
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This liver workflow makes better use of the time between the dynamic and liver-specific phases – by shifting the time consuming acquisition of high-res T2w images and DWI to after the contrast injection and – by shortening the delay between contrast dynamics and the acquisition of hepatobiliary phase images. The protocols allow to perform a complete Primovist liver exam in a 30-minute exam slot.
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Transient motion developed in 40% of patients shortly after gadoxetic acid administration, and gated free-breathing T1WI using GRASP was able to consistently provide acceptable arterial phase imaging in patients who exhibited transient motion.
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This review focuses on 8 critical questions regarding gadolinium deposition in the brain and body, with the answers and discussion therein important for future regulatory decisions and clinical practice.
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This 54 year old woman presented to the gastroenterology clinic complaining of abdominal pain. A right upper quadrant ultrasound was performed demonstrating an ill-defined hypoechoic hepatic mass. MRI was recommended for further evaluation.
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This is a 54-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history of polymyositis and recent outside hospital admission for biliary tree obstruction with subsequent ERCP, cholecystectomy, and liver biopsy. He was admitted to our institution with elevated LFTs and abdominal pain.
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This is a 38 year old female who had a CT performed for nonrelated reasons, but had incidentally detected liver masses. An MRI was ordered for further workup.
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Volume Interpolated Breath-hold Examination (VIBE) offers three-dimensional multiphase image acquisition before and following contrast administration on a breath-hold time scale. The dynamic behavior of liver lesions and structures during the precontrast, arterial, portal venous, early equilibrium and 5-minute delayed equilibrium phases of enhancement allows more accurate characterization than static pre- and postcontrast analysis.
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Neuroendocrine tumors may be challenging to diagnose. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) plays an important role in the accurate detection of liver lesions, which may be occult onconventional MRI and especially CT. In the presented case, the suspicion of diffuse hepatic spread is also supported by the additionally performed 68Ga-DOTATOC PET. The article shows, that DWI […]
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