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Efficacy of liver parenchymal enhancement and liver volume to standard liver volume ratio on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI for estimation of liver function
Ist Teil von
European radiology, 2014-04, Vol.24 (4), p.857-865
Ort / Verlag
Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
Quelle
SpringerLink
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Objective
We aimed to develop and assess the efficacy of a liver function index that combines liver enhancement and liver volume to standard liver volume (LV/SLV) ratio on gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced MRI.
Methods
In all, 111 patients underwent a Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI, including T1 mapping, before and 20 min after Gd-EOB-DTPA administration. We calculated the following Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI-based liver function indices: relative enhancement of the liver, corrected enhancement of the liver-to-spleen ratio, LSC_N20, increase rate of the liver-to-muscle ratio, reduction rate of T1 relaxation time of the liver, ΔR1 of the liver and
K
Hep
; the indices were multiplied by the LV/SLV ratio. We calculated the correlations between an indocyanine green (ICG) clearance and the Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI-based liver function indices multiplied by the LV/SLV ratio, by using Pearson correlation analysis.
Results
There were significant correlations between all Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI-based liver function indices and ICG clearance (
r
= −0.354 to −0.574,
P
< 0.001). All Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI-based liver function indices multiplied by the LV/SLV ratio (
r
= −0.394 to −0.700,
P
< 0.001) were more strongly correlated with the ICG clearance than those without multiplication by the LV/SLV ratio.
Conclusions
Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI-based liver function indices that combine liver enhancement and the LV/SLV ratio may more reliably estimate liver function.
Key points
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Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI is useful for assessing liver function.
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Liver enhancement on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI correlates with indocyanine green (ICG) clearance.
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Liver volume to standard liver volume (LV/SLV) ratio correlates with ICG clearance.
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Liver enhancement and LV/SLV ratio help to estimate liver function.