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Troubleshooting Arterial-Phase MR Images of Gadoxetate Disodium-Enhanced Liver

  • Korean J Radiol. 2015 Nov-Dec;16(6):1207-15. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2015.16.6.1207.
Jimi Huh 1,  So Yeon Kim 1,  Benjamin M Yeh 2,  Seung Soo Lee 1,  Kyoung Won Kim 1,  En-Haw Wu 3,  Z Jane Wang 2,  Li-qin Zhao 4,  Wei Chou Chang 5
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea. ; Asan Liver Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea.
  • 2 Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
  • 3 Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan.
  • 4 Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
  • 5 Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
PMID: 26576109 DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2015.16.6.1207
Abstract

Gadoxetate disodium is a widely used magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agent for liver MR imaging, and it provides both dynamic and hepatobiliary phase images. However, acquiring optimal arterial phase images at liver MR using gadoxetate disodium is more challenging than using conventional extracellular MR contrast agent because of the small volume administered, the gadolinium content of the agent, and the common occurrence of transient severe motion. In this article, we identify the challenges in obtaining high-quality arterial-phase images of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced liver MR imaging and present strategies for optimizing arterial-phase imaging based on the thorough review of recent research in this field.

Keywords

Arterial phase; Gadoxetate disodium; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging; Transient severe motion.

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