scholarly journals Improved Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions With Liver-Specific Gadoxetic Acid Disodium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven S. Raman ◽  
Christopher Leary ◽  
David A. Bluemke ◽  
Marco Amendola ◽  
Dushyant Sahani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Gadoxetic Acid ◽  
Focal Liver Lesions ◽  
Liver Lesions ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Gadoxetic Acid Disodium

scholarly journals The possibility of applying magnetic resonance imaging with hepatospecific contrast agent.

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-221
Author(s):  
Karina K. Lomovtseva ◽  
G. G. Karmazanovsky
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Contrast Agent ◽  
Gadoxetic Acid ◽  
Focal Liver Lesions ◽  
Hepatobiliary Phase ◽  
Liver Lesions ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Extracellular Contrast Agent

Nowadays, it is difficult to overestimate the role of cross-sectional imaging in the diagnosis of focal and diffuse liver diseases. In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) there is a unique opportunity to use hepatospecific contrast agents compared with other visualization techniques. Gadoxetic acid is a hepatospecific magnetic resonance contrast agent which has the extracellular contrast agent properties and hepatotropic property. About half of the administered dose of gadoxetic acid enters into functioning hepatocytes through cell membrane transporters and then is excreted into the bile ducts and sinusoidal space. The obtained hepatobiliary phase provides information about the structural features of the focal liver lesions, improving their detection and differential diagnosis. In addition it allows to assess the anatomical and functional conditions of the hepatobiliary system. This article describes clinical applications of MRI with gadoxetic acid and its benefits, visualization principles of different focal liver lesions in hepatobiliary phase and features of the obtained images.

Magnetic resonance imaging of focal liver lesions: Approach to imaging diagnosis

Hepatology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 2227-2237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn J. Fowler ◽  
Jeffrey J. Brown ◽  
Vamsi R. Narra
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Focal Liver Lesions ◽  
Liver Lesions ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Imaging Diagnosis
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