Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the effect of steatosis on liver signal and enhancement in multiphasic contrast-enhanced (MCE) MRI. Materials and methods: In this IRB-approved, HIPAA-compliant, retrospective, observational study, 1217 MCE abdominal MRIs performed during 2014 at a single institution were reviewed. Of these, 1085 were excluded, due to potential factors other than steatosis that may affect liver signal intensity and/or enhancement. In the remaining 132, liver fat fraction (FF) was calculated from the in- and opposed-phase 2D T1-weighted images. Liver signal intensity, absolute enhancement, and relative enhancement on fat-suppressed (Dixon method) 3D T1-weighted images before and after injection of gadobutrol (arterial, portal venous, and equilibrium phases) were plotted against co-localized FF values and the linear trend was evaluated by Pearson correlation coefficient (r). P values
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Abdominal Radiology |
DOIs | |
State | Accepted/In press - Apr 23 2016 |
Keywords
- Contrast media
- Fatty liver
- Gadolinium
- Liver steatosis
- Magnetic resonance imaging
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Gastroenterology
- Urology
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology