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Agnello F, Cannella R, Brancatelli G, Galia M. LI-RADS v2018 category and imaging features: inter-modality agreement between contrast-enhanced CT, gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI, and extracellular contrast-enhanced MRI. LA RADIOLOGIA MEDICA 2024; 129:1575-1586. [PMID: 39158817 DOI: 10.1007/s11547-024-01879-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
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PURPOSE To perform an intra-individual comparison of LI-RADS category and imaging features in patients at high risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) on contrast-enhanced CT, gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI (EOB-MRI), and extracellular agent-enhanced MRI (ECA-MRI) and to analyze the diagnostic performance of each imaging modality. METHOD This retrospective study included cirrhotic patients with at least one LR-3, LR-4, LR-5, LR-M or LR-TIV observation imaged with at least two imaging modalities among CT, EOB-MRI, or ECA-MRI. Two radiologists evaluated the observations using the LI-RADS v2018 diagnostic algorithm. Reference standard included pathologic confirmation and imaging criteria according to LI-RADS v2018. Imaging features were compared between different exams using the McNemar test. Inter-modality agreement was calculated by using the weighted Cohen's kappa (k) test. RESULTS A total of 144 observations (mean size 34.0 ± 32.4 mm) in 96 patients were included. There were no significant differences in the detection of major and ancillary imaging features between the three imaging modalities. When considering all the observations, inter-modality agreement for category assignment was substantial between CT and EOB-MRI (k 0.60; 95%CI 0.44, 0.75), moderate between CT and ECA-MRI (k 0.46; 95%CI 0.22, 0.69) and substantial between EOB-MRI and ECA-MRI (k 0.72; 95%CI 0.59, 0.85). In observations smaller than 20 mm, inter-modality agreement was fair between CT and EOB-MRI (k 0.26; 95%CI 0.05, 0.47), moderate between CT and ECA-MRI (k 0.42; 95%CI -0.02, 0.88), and substantial between EOB-MRI and ECA-MRI (k 0.65; 95%CI 0.47, 0.82). ECA-MRI demonstrated the highest sensitivity (70%) and specificity (100%) when considering LR-5 as predictor of HCC. CONCLUSIONS Inter-modality agreement between CT, ECA-MRI, and EOB-MRI decreases in observations smaller than 20 mm. ECA-MRI has the provided higher sensitivity for the diagnosis of HCC.
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- Francesco Agnello
- Department of Radiology, Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 127. 90127, Palermo, Italy.
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- Department of Radiology, Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 127. 90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 127. 90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone", University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 127. 90127, Palermo, Italy
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Ichikawa S, Motosugi U, Morisaka H, Kozaka K, Goshima S, Ichikawa T. Optimal Combination of Features on Gadoxetate Disodium-enhanced MR Imaging for Non-invasive Differential Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The JAMP-HCC Study. Magn Reson Med Sci 2020; 20:47-59. [PMID: 32101818 PMCID: PMC7952206 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.mp.2019-0193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Purpose: To determine the optimal combination of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to compare its diagnostic ability to that of dynamic computed tomography (CT) in patients with chronic liver disease. Methods: This multi-institutional study consisted of two parts: Study 1, a retrospective study to determine the optimal combination of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI findings (decision tree and logistic model) to distinguish HCC (n = 199) from benign (n = 81) or other malignant lesions (n = 95) (375 nodules in 269 patients) and Study 2, a prospective study to compare the diagnostic ability of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI to distinguish HCC (n = 73) from benign (n = 15) or other malignant lesions (n = 12) with that of dynamic CT (100 nodules in 83 patients). Two radiologists independently evaluated the imaging findings (Study 1 and 2) and made a practical diagnosis (Study 2). Results: In Study 1, rim or whole enhancement on arterial phase images, signal intensities on T2-weighted/diffusion-weighted/portal venous/transitional/hepatobiliary phase images, and signal drop on opposed-phase images were independently useful for differential diagnosis. In Study 2, the accuracy, sensitivity, negative predictive value, and negative likelihood ratio of the CT decision tree (reader 2) were higher than those of MRI Model 2 (P = 0.015–0.033). There were no other significant differences in diagnostic ability (P = 0.059–1.000) and radiologist-made practical diagnosis (P = 0.059–1.000) between gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI and CT. Conclusion: We identified the optimal combination of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI findings for HCC diagnosis. However, its diagnostic ability was not superior to that of dynamic CT.
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
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- Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine.,Department of Radiology, Gifu University
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
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Yang DW, Wang XP, Wang ZC, Yang ZH, Bian XF. A scientometric analysis on hepatocellular carcinoma magnetic resonance imaging research from 2008 to 2017. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2019; 9:465-476. [PMID: 31032193 DOI: 10.21037/qims.2019.02.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background With the development of new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, an increasing number of articles have been published regarding hepatocellular carcinoma magnetic resonance imaging (HCCMRI) in the past decade. However, few studies have statistically analyzed these published articles. In this study, we aim to systematically evaluate the scientific outcomes of HCCMRI research and explore the research hotspots from 2008 to 2017. Methods The included articles regarding HCCMRI research from 2008 to 2017 were downloaded from the Web of Science Core Collection and verified by two experienced radiologists. Excel 2016 was used to analyze the literature data, including the publication years and journals. CiteSpace V was used to perform co-occurrence analyses for authors, countries/regions and institutions and to generate the related collaboration network maps. Reference co-citation analysis (RCA) and burst keyword detection were also performed using CiteSpace V to explore the research hotspots in the past decade. Results A total of 835 HCCMRI articles published from 2008 to 2017 were identified. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging published the most articles (79 publications, 9.46%). Extensive cooperating relationship were observed among countries/regions and among authors. South Korea had the most publications (199 publications, 21.82%), followed by the United States of America (USA) (190 publications, 20.83%), Japan (162 publications, 17.76%), and the People's Republic of China (148 publications, 16.23%). Among the top 10 co-cited authors, Bruix J (398 citations) was ranked first, followed by Llovet JM (235 citations), Kim YK (170 citations) and Forner A (152 citations). According to the RCA, ten major clusters were explored over the last decade; "LI-RADS data system" and "microvascular invasion" (MVI) were the two most recent clusters. Forty-seven burst keywords with the highest citation strength were detected over time. Of these keywords, "microvascular invasion" had the highest strength in the last 3 years. The LI-RADS has been constantly updated with the latest edition released in July 2018. However, the LI-RADS still has limitations in identifying certain categories of lesions by conceptual and non-quantitative probabilistic methods. Plenty of questions still need to be further answered such as the difference of diagnostic efficiency of each major/ancillary imaging features. Preoperative prediction of MVI of HCC is very important to therapeutic decision-making. Some parameters of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI were found to be useful in prediction of MVI, however, with a high specificity but a very low sensitivity. Comprehensive predictive model incorporating both imaging and clinical variables may be the more preferable in prediction of MVI of HCC. Conclusions HCCMRI-related publications displayed a gradually increasing trend from 2008 to 2017. The USA has a central position in collaboration with other countries/regions, while South Korea contributed the most in the number of publications. Of the ten major clusters identified in the RCA, the two most recent clusters were "LI-RADS data system" and "microvascular invasion", indicative of the current HCCMRI research hotspots.
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- Da-Wei Yang
- Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Liver Cirrhosis, Beijing 100050, China.,Department of Radiology, Hotan District People's Hospital, Hotan 848000, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Radiology, Hotan District People's Hospital, Hotan 848000, China
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Patterns of Discordance Between Pretransplant Imaging Stage of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Posttransplant Pathologic Stage: A Contemporary Appraisal of the Milan Criteria. Transplantation 2018; 102:648-655. [PMID: 29319629 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000002056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) exceeding Milan criteria on explant pathology are at increased risk of recurrence and death. Discordance between contemporary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and explant pathology, and preoperative characteristics predictive of discordance are not well understood. METHODS Patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for HCC after preoperative MRI were identified in a prospectively collected institutional database (January 2003 to December 2013). Patients were dichotomized to "within" or "outside" Milan criteria by both imaging and explant pathologic evaluation. Binary logistic regression and Kaplan-Meier methodology were used to identify independent predictors of imaging/pathologic discordance and its impact on posttransplant survival. RESULTS Of 318 patients with HCC meeting Milan criteria by MRI at the time of orthotopic liver transplantation, 248 (78.0%) remained within a pathological correlate of Milan criteria on explant examination. Understaging was associated with worse median recurrence-free survival (64.0 months vs 140.0 months, P = 0.002) and overall survival (96.0 months vs 143.0 months, P = 0.005), and did not vary between patients exceeding criteria due to tumor explant greater than 5 cm, more than 3 tumor foci, or a tumor greater than 3 cm in the setting of multifocality. Discordance was independently associated with an increasing serum alpha fetal protein level (odds ratio, 2.82; 95% confidence interval, 1.37-5.79; P = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS Underestimating HCC burden before liver transplant remains frequent despite contemporary imaging technologies. Patients with an increasing alpha fetal protein before transplantation may benefit from more frequent testing or novel neoadjuvant therapies.
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Diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced dynamic CT for small hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma and assessment of dynamic enhancement patterns: Results of two-year follow-up using cone-beam CT hepatic arteriography. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0203940. [PMID: 30231076 PMCID: PMC6145528 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Objective To evaluate the accuracy of CT for small, hypervascular hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) and assess the enhancement patterns on CT. Materials and methods Ninety-nine patients who underwent cone-beam CT hepatic arteriography (CBCT-HA) during initial chemoembolization for HCC suspected on CT were enrolled in this study. A total of 297 hypervascular HCCs (142 ≥ 1 cm, 155 < 1 cm) were confirmed as HCCs based on two-year follow-up CT and CBCT-HA images. During the two-year follow-up, pre-existing hypervascular foci on CBCT-HA were regarded as HCCs at the initial presentation. Two radiologists categorized HCCs according to the following enhancement patterns on CT: type I, arterial enhancement and washout; type II, arterial enhancement without washout; and type III, no arterial enhancement. Two blinded reviewers rated the possibility of HCC. Results For the 297 HCCs, the enhancement patterns according to size were as follows: type I ≥1 cm in 114 HCCs; type I <1 cm in 40 HCCs; type II ≥1 cm in 16 HCCs; type II <1 cm in 37 HCCs; type III ≥1 cm in 12 HCCs; and type III <1 cm in 10 HCCs. The remaining 68 HCCs (22.9%) were not detected on CT. The detection rates of HCCs ≥ 1 cm were 83.1%, 76.8%, and 83.1% in the formal report for reviewer 1 and reviewer 2. In comparison, the detection rates of HCCs < 1 cm were 20.6%, 17.4%, and 17.4% in the formal report for reviewer 1 and reviewer 2. Conclusion Many subcentimeter sized hypervascular HCCs were frequently missed or not evident on CT at the initial diagnostic workup. CT has limitations for diagnosing HCCs that are <1 cm in size or have atypical enhancement patterns.
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Cha DI, Lee MW, Kim AY, Kang TW, Oh YT, Jeong JY, Chang JW, Ryu J, Lee KJ, Kim J, Bang WC, Shin DK, Choi SJ, Koh D, Seo BK, Kim K. Automatic image fusion of real-time ultrasound with computed tomography images: a prospective comparison between two auto-registration methods. Acta Radiol 2017; 58:1349-1357. [PMID: 28273740 DOI: 10.1177/0284185117693459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background A major drawback of conventional manual image fusion is that the process may be complex, especially for less-experienced operators. Recently, two automatic image fusion techniques called Positioning and Sweeping auto-registration have been developed. Purpose To compare the accuracy and required time for image fusion of real-time ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) images between Positioning and Sweeping auto-registration. Material and Methods Eighteen consecutive patients referred for planning US for radiofrequency ablation or biopsy for focal hepatic lesions were enrolled. Image fusion using both auto-registration methods was performed for each patient. Registration error, time required for image fusion, and number of point locks used were compared using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results Image fusion was successful in all patients. Positioning auto-registration was significantly faster than Sweeping auto-registration for both initial (median, 11 s [range, 3-16 s] vs. 32 s [range, 21-38 s]; P < 0.001] and complete (median, 34.0 s [range, 26-66 s] vs. 47.5 s [range, 32-90]; P = 0.001] image fusion. Registration error of Positioning auto-registration was significantly higher for initial image fusion (median, 38.8 mm [range, 16.0-84.6 mm] vs. 18.2 mm [6.7-73.4 mm]; P = 0.029), but not for complete image fusion (median, 4.75 mm [range, 1.7-9.9 mm] vs. 5.8 mm [range, 2.0-13.0 mm]; P = 0.338]. Number of point locks required to refine the initially fused images was significantly higher with Positioning auto-registration (median, 2 [range, 2-3] vs. 1 [range, 1-2]; P = 0.012]. Conclusion Positioning auto-registration offers faster image fusion between real-time US and pre-procedural CT images than Sweeping auto-registration. The final registration error is similar between the two methods.
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- Dong Ik Cha
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Imaging R&D Group, Health & Medical Equipment Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Imaging R&D Group, Health & Medical Equipment Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Imaging R&D Group, Health & Medical Equipment Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Imaging R&D Group, Health & Medical Equipment Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Imaging R&D Group, Health & Medical Equipment Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Imaging R&D Group, Health & Medical Equipment Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Imaging R&D Group, Health & Medical Equipment Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Infrastructure Technology Lab, R&D Center, Samsung Medison, Republic of Korea
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- Infrastructure Technology Lab, R&D Center, Samsung Medison, Republic of Korea
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- Infrastructure Technology Lab, R&D Center, Samsung Medison, Republic of Korea
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- Infrastructure Technology Lab, R&D Center, Samsung Medison, Republic of Korea
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- Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Peng Z, Li C, Chan T, Cai H, Luo Y, Dong Z, Li ZP, Feng ST. Quantitative evaluation of Gd-EOB-DTPA uptake in focal liver lesions by using T1 mapping: differences between hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia and cavernous hemangioma. Oncotarget 2017; 8:65435-65444. [PMID: 29029443 PMCID: PMC5630343 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Objectives To investigate the difference of T1 relaxation time on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) and cavernous hemangioma of liver (CHL), and to quantitatively evaluate the uptake of Gd-EOB-DTPA in these three focal liver lesions (FLLs). Results The T1P of CHL was significantly higher than those of HCC and FNH (P < 0.05). Reduction of T1 relaxation time on hepatobiliary phase could be observed in all three types of lesions. There were significant differences of T1P, T1E, T1D and T1D% between FNH, CHL and HCC (P < 0.001). Spearman correlation analysis revealed that T1D% was the best indicator for diagnostic differentiation, with a correlation coefficient of 0.702. Discriminant analysis using three variables (T1P, T1E, and T1D%) showed that the classification accuracy was 88.2%. Materials and Methods 74 patients diagnosed with focal liver lesions underwent Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI including T1 mapping were enrolled, consisting of 51 HCCs, 10 FNHs, and 13 CHLs. T1 relaxation times of these lesions were measured on pre-contrast (T1P) and on hepatobiliary phase images at 20 minute after contrast (T1E). The reduction of T1 relaxation time on hepatobiliary (T1D) and the percentage reduction (T1D%) was calculated. The differences of T1P, T1E, T1D and T1D% in these FLLs were analyzed. The usefulness of these parameters for classification of FLLs was evaluated. Conclusions Uptake of Gd-EOB-DTPA is different between in HCC, FNH and CHL. These three lesions can be distinguished using T1 mapping.
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- Zhenpeng Peng
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China
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Cha DI, Lee MW, Song KD, Oh YT, Jeong JY, Chang JW, Ryu J, Lee KJ, Kim J, Bang WC, Shin DK, Choi SJ, Koh D, Seo BK, Kim K. A prospective comparison between auto-registration and manual registration of real-time ultrasound with MR images for percutaneous ablation or biopsy of hepatic lesions. Abdom Radiol (NY) 2017; 42:1799-1808. [PMID: 28194514 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-017-1075-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare the accuracy and required time for image fusion of real-time ultrasound (US) with pre-procedural magnetic resonance (MR) images between positioning auto-registration and manual registration for percutaneous radiofrequency ablation or biopsy of hepatic lesions. METHODS This prospective study was approved by the institutional review board, and all patients gave written informed consent. Twenty-two patients (male/female, n = 18/n = 4; age, 61.0 ± 7.7 years) who were referred for planning US to assess the feasibility of radiofrequency ablation (n = 21) or biopsy (n = 1) for focal hepatic lesions were included. One experienced radiologist performed the two types of image fusion methods in each patient. The performance of auto-registration and manual registration was evaluated. The accuracy of the two methods, based on measuring registration error, and the time required for image fusion for both methods were recorded using in-house software and respectively compared using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. RESULTS Image fusion was successful in all patients. The registration error was not significantly different between the two methods (auto-registration: median, 3.75 mm; range, 1.0-15.8 mm vs. manual registration: median, 2.95 mm; range, 1.2-12.5 mm, p = 0.242). The time required for image fusion was significantly shorter with auto-registration than with manual registration (median, 28.5 s; range, 18-47 s, vs. median, 36.5 s; range, 14-105 s, p = 0.026). CONCLUSION Positioning auto-registration showed promising results compared with manual registration, with similar accuracy and even shorter registration time.
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Kim JH, Min YW, Gwak GY, Paik YH, Choi MS, Lee JH, Koh KC, Paik SW. The utility of gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in the surveillance for postoperative recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e5666. [PMID: 28002336 PMCID: PMC5181820 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000005666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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This study aimed to investigate the utility of gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (Gd-MRI) in surveillance for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after hepatectomy.This retrospective study analyzed 147 patients who underwent surveillance with alternating multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and Gd-MRI after hepatectomy for HCC. The patients were followed-up every 3 months during the first 2 years, and every 6 months thereafter. At each visit, MDCT was performed but once a year (every 12 months), Gd-MRI was performed instead of MDCT. Each HCC recurrence detection rate of MDCT and Gd-MRI was evaluated, and recurrent HCC characteristics were compared according to the detection test.A total of 63 patients had recurrent HCC. Among them, 9 were detected with Gd-MRI and 29 with MDCT. The baseline characteristics of patients with recurrent HCC showed no significant differences according to the detection test. The HCC recurrence detection rate of Gd-MRI and MDCT was 4.8% (9/180) and 4.3% (29/580), respectively, on the per test basis (P = 0.764). However, in the population with a follow-up period of ≥12 months, the detection rate of Gd-MRI and MDCT was 4.3% (7/150) and 1.5% (19/400), respectively (P = 0.035). Recurrent HCCs detected with Gd-MRI were smaller than those detected with MDCT (tumor size < 2 cm, 100% vs 65.5%, P = 0.040).Our data suggest that Gd-MRI has advantages in detecting recurrent HCC after hepatectomy. Surveillance with alternating MDCT and Gd-MRI may identify more recurrent HCC in an early stage than with MDCT alone in patients who received hepatectomy for HCC.
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Kitoh Y. [5. Inspection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma 3-Contrast for the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Techniques of Image Contrast and the Choice of MR Contrast Agent]. Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi 2016; 72:441-451. [PMID: 27211090 DOI: 10.6009/jjrt.2016_jsrt_72.5.441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Schwope RB, May LA, Reiter MJ, Lisanti CJ, Margolis DJA. Gadoxetic acid: pearls and pitfalls. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 40:2012-29. [PMID: 25613332 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-015-0354-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Gadoxetic acid is a hepatocyte-specific magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent with the ability to detect and characterize focal liver lesions and provide structural and functional information about the hepatobiliary system. Knowledge of the pharmacokinetics of gadoxetic acid is paramount to understanding imaging protocol and lesion appearance and facilitates identification and avoidance of undesired effects with use of this intravenous contrast agent. This article reviews the utility of gadoxetic acid in liver and biliary imaging, with emphasis on the hepatobiliary phase.
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- Ryan B Schwope
- Department of Radiology, San Antonio Military Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78234, USA,
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Tsurusaki M, Sofue K, Isoda H, Okada M, Kitajima K, Murakami T. Comparison of gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and contrast-enhanced computed tomography with histopathological examinations for the identification of hepatocellular carcinoma: a multicenter phase III study. J Gastroenterol 2016; 51:71-9. [PMID: 26130441 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-015-1097-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has an important role in preoperative evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, no studies have prospectively performed intraindividual comparison of gadoxetic acid-enhanced 3T MRI and multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) with histopathological examination for the detection of HCCs. We prospectively compared the efficacies of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and multiphasic contrast-enhanced MDCT with that of histopathological examination, used as a reference standard, for the detection of HCC in surgical candidates. METHODS The study was approved by the institutional review boards at each of four centers. Patients scheduled to undergo multiphasic CT, gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI, and liver surgery were prospectively included in this study. The diagnostic abilities of MRI and CT were evaluated and compared on the basis of sensitivity and positive predictive value for detection of and differentiation between HCCs and benign lesions. RESULTS Fifty-four patients with 83 histopathologically confirmed HCCs were included in the study. Combined interpretation of the dynamic and hepatobiliary phases of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI showed statistically higher sensitivity for lesion detection (83 %) than did interpretation of multiphasic MDCT images (70 %; p < 0.001). The mean area under each alternative free-response receiver operating characteristics curve was significantly higher for MR images (0.927) than for CT images (0.864, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The sensitivity for preoperative detection of HCCs was higher for gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI than for multiphasic MDCT imaging.
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- National Cancer Center Hospital-Diagnostic Radiology, 5-1-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine-Radiology, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine-Radiology, Kinki University, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine-Radiology, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
- Department of Raiology, Dokkyo Medical School, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine-Radiology, Kinki University, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan
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Imaging of HCC-Current State of the Art. Diagnostics (Basel) 2015; 5:513-45. [PMID: 26854169 PMCID: PMC4728473 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics5040513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is crucial for optimizing treatment outcome. Ongoing advances are being made in imaging of HCC regarding detection, grading, staging, and also treatment monitoring. This review gives an overview of the current international guidelines for diagnosing HCC and their discrepancies as well as critically summarizes the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) techniques for imaging in HCC. The diagnostic performance of MRI with nonspecific and hepatobililiary contrast agents and the role of functional imaging with diffusion-weighted imaging will be discussed. On the other hand, CT as a fast, cheap and easily accessible imaging modality plays a major role in the clinical routine work-up of HCC. Technical advances in CT, such as dual energy CT and volume perfusion CT, are currently being explored for improving detection, characterization and staging of HCC with promising results. Cone beam CT can provide a three-dimensional analysis of the liver with tumor and vessel characterization comparable to cross-sectional imaging so that this technique is gaining an increasing role in the peri-procedural imaging of HCC treated with interventional techniques.
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Ku MC, Lee CH, Park YS, Lee J, Choi JW, Kim KA, Park CM. “Reuse” study of low-tube-voltage CT arterial phase in the spoiled gadoxetic-acid liver MRI. Clin Imaging 2015; 39:820-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2015] [Revised: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ye F, Liu J, Ouyang H. Gadolinium Ethoxybenzyl Diethylenetriamine Pentaacetic Acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2015; 94:e1157. [PMID: 26266348 PMCID: PMC4616701 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000001157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The purpose of this meta-analysis was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Medline, Cochrane, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases were searched until July 4, 2014, using combinations of the following terms: gadoxetic acid disodium, Gd-EOB-DTPA, multidetector CT, contrast-enhanced computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Inclusion criteria were as follows: confirmed diagnosis of primary HCC by histopathological examination of a biopsy specimen; comparative study of MRI using Gd-EOB-DTPA and MDCT for diagnosis of HCC; and studies that provided quantitative outcome data. The pooled sensitivity and specificity of the 2 methods were compared, and diagnostic accuracy was assessed with alternative-free response receiver-operating characteristic analysis.Nine studies were included in the meta-analysis, and a total of 1439 lesions were examined. The pooled sensitivity and specificity for 1.5T MRI were 0.95 and 0.96, respectively, for 3.0T MRI were 0.91 and 0.96, respectively, and for MDCT were 0.74 and 0.93, respectively. The pooled diagnostic odds ratio for 1.5T and 3.0T MRI was 242.96, respectively, and that of MDCT was 33.47. To summarize, Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI (1.5T and 3.0T) has better diagnostic accuracy for HCC than MDCT.
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- Feng Ye
- From the Department of Radiology (FY, HO), Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing; and Department of Radiology (JL), The 5th People's Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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Kim HD, Lim YS, Han S, An J, Kim GA, Kim SY, Lee SJ, Won HJ, Byun JH. Evaluation of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma by magnetic resonance imaging with gadoxetic acid detects additional lesions and increases overall survival. Gastroenterology 2015; 148:1371-82. [PMID: 25733098 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.02.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2014] [Revised: 02/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a high rate of intrahepatic recurrence after curative treatment, possibly because metastases are not always identified before treatment. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with a liver-specific contrast agent, gadoxetic acid, can detect small HCCs with high levels of sensitivity. We investigated whether MR imaging with gadoxetic acid increases overall and recurrence-free survival of patients initially assessed by computed tomography (CT). METHODS We performed a retrospective study of data from 700 patients diagnosed with a single-nodular HCC by dynamic 4-phase CT in Seoul, Korea, from January 2009 through December 2010. Of these patients, 323 underwent additional evaluation with gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging (CT+MR group). The 377 patients who did not undergo MR imaging analysis are referred to as the CT group. RESULTS The CT and CT+MR groups were comparable in most baseline characteristics (Child-Pugh class A, 93.1% vs 94.7%; and median size of the primary HCCs, 2.8 vs 2.6 cm, respectively). Seventy-four additional HCC nodules were detected in 53 (16.4%) of the patients who underwent MR evaluation after CT (CT+MR group). These detections increased the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stages for 43 patients (13.3%) and modified their treatment plans. On multivariable analyses, the CT+MR group had a significantly lower rate of HCC recurrence (hazard ratio [HR], 0.72; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.54-0.96) and lower overall mortality (HR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.44-0.96) than the CT group. In an analysis of 285 pairs of patients matched on the basis of the propensity score, the CT+MR group had significantly lower overall mortality (HR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.44-0.99). CONCLUSIONS Among patients who underwent dynamic CT analysis of a single-nodular HCC, additional evaluation by MR imaging with gadoxetic acid led to the detection of additional HCC nodules in 16% of patients, reduced the risk of disease recurrence, and decreased overall mortality.
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- Hyung-Don Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Liver Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Chou R, Cuevas C, Fu R, Devine B, Wasson N, Ginsburg A, Zakher B, Pappas M, Graham E, Sullivan SD. Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med 2015; 162:697-711. [PMID: 25984845 DOI: 10.7326/m14-2509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Several imaging modalities are available for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). PURPOSE To evaluate the test performance of imaging modalities for HCC. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE (1998 to December 2014), the Cochrane Library Database, Scopus, and reference lists. STUDY SELECTION Studies on test performance of ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). DATA EXTRACTION One investigator abstracted data, and a second investigator confirmed them; 2 investigators independently assessed study quality and strength of evidence. DATA SYNTHESIS Few studies have evaluated imaging for HCC in surveillance settings. In nonsurveillance settings, sensitivity for detection of HCC lesions was lower for ultrasonography without contrast than for CT or MRI (pooled difference based on direct comparisons, 0.11 to 0.22), and MRI was associated with higher sensitivity than CT (pooled difference, 0.09 [95% CI, 0.07 to 12]). For evaluation of focal liver lesions, there were no clear differences in sensitivity among ultrasonography with contrast, CT, and MRI. Specificity was generally 0.85 or higher across imaging modalities, but this item was not reported in many studies. Factors associated with lower sensitivity included use of an explanted liver reference standard, and smaller or more well-differentiated HCC lesions. For MRI, sensitivity was slightly higher for hepatic-specific than nonspecific contrast agents. LIMITATIONS Only English-language articles were included, there was statistical heterogeneity in pooled analyses, and costs were not assessed. Most studies were conducted in Asia and had methodological limitations. CONCLUSION CT and MRI are associated with higher sensitivity than ultrasonography without contrast for detection of HCC; sensitivity was higher for MRI than CT. For evaluation of focal liver lesions, the sensitivities of ultrasonography with contrast, CT, and MRI for HCC are similar. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ( PROSPERO CRD42014007016).
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- Roger Chou
- From Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance, Seattle, Washington; and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance, Seattle, Washington; and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance, Seattle, Washington; and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance, Seattle, Washington; and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance, Seattle, Washington; and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance, Seattle, Washington; and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance, Seattle, Washington; and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance, Seattle, Washington; and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance, Seattle, Washington; and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance, Seattle, Washington; and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota
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Kircher A, Bongartz G, Merkle EM, Zech CJ. [Rational imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma. The challenge of multimodal diagnostic criteria]. Radiologe 2015; 54:664-72. [PMID: 25047522 DOI: 10.1007/s00117-014-2652-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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CLINICAL/METHODICAL ISSUE Both computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) constitute the gold standard in radiological imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In cases of typical contrast behavior each modality as a single dynamic technique allows the diagnosis of HCC. There is still a challenge in detection of small HCCs < 2 cm, in differentiating HCC and high-grade dysplasia from other benign liver lesions as well as the evaluation of hypovascular liver lesions in the cirrhotic liver. PERFORMANCE Nowadays, both modalities achieve high detection rates of 90-100 % for lesions > 2 cm. Regarding lesions between 1 and 2 cm there is a higher sensitivity for MRI ranging between 80 and 90 % compared to 60-75 % with CT. Besides the multimodal diagnostic criteria, MRI provides significant benefits with the use of hepatobiliary contrast. Especially in combination with diffusion- weighted imaging (DWI) increased sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy compared to CT has been described for lesions sized < 2 cm. Regarding the differentiation from other hepatic nodules in the cirrhotic liver there is strong evidence that the coexistence of arterial enhancement and hypointensity on hepatobiliary imaging is specific for HCC. Moreover, hypointensity on hepatobiliary imaging is associated with a high positive predictive value (PPV) of up to 100 % for the presence of high-grade dysplasia and HCC. ACHIEVEMENTS The use of MRI including hepatobiliary imaging and DWI has to be regarded as the best non-invasive imaging modality for the detection of HCC and for the characterization of nodules in patients with liver cirrhosis. In comparison to CT there are benefits regarding detection of small lesions < 2 cm and evaluation of hypovascular liver lesions in the context of the hepatocarcinogenesis including prognostic values of premalignant lesions. PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS Both MRI and CT provide a high diagnostic performance in evaluation of HCC in liver cirrhosis. With MRI there are considerable advantages regarding the detection rate and specificity. For daily clinical routine, CT offers a fast, reliable and easy available modality with benefits for patients in reduced general state of health and restricted compliance.
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- A Kircher
- Klinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsspital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Schweiz
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Bormann RL, da Rocha EL, Kierzenbaum ML, Pedrassa BC, Torres LR, D'Ippolito G. The role of gadoxetic acid as a paramagnetic contrast medium in the characterization and detection of focal liver lesions: a review. Radiol Bras 2015; 48:43-51. [PMID: 25798007 PMCID: PMC4366028 DOI: 10.1590/0100-3984.2013.1794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Recent studies have demonstrated that the use of paramagnetic hepatobiliary contrast
agents in the acquisition of magnetic resonance images remarkably improves the
detection and differentiation of focal liver lesions, as compared with extracellular
contrast agents. Paramagnetic hepatobiliary contrast agents initially show the
perfusion of the lesions, as do extracellular agents, but delayed contrast-enhanced
images can demonstrate contrast uptake by functional hepatocytes, providing further
information for a better characterization of the lesions. Additionally, this
intrinsic characteristic increases the accuracy in the detection of hepatocellular
carcinomas and metastases, particularly the small-sized ones. Recently, a
hepatobiliary contrast agent called gadolinium ethoxybenzyl dimeglumine, that is
simply known as gadoxetic acid, was approved by the National Health Surveillance
Agency for use in humans. The authors present a literature review and a practical
approach of magnetic resonance imaging utilizing gadoxetic acid as contrast agent,
based on patients' images acquired during their initial experiment.
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- Renata Lilian Bormann
- MDs, Fellows, Abdominal Imaging, Department of Imaging Diagnosis - Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM-Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- MDs, Fellows, Abdominal Imaging, Department of Imaging Diagnosis - Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM-Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- MDs, Fellows, Abdominal Imaging, Department of Imaging Diagnosis - Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM-Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- MDs, Fellows, Abdominal Imaging, Department of Imaging Diagnosis - Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM-Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- MD, Master, Department of Imaging Diagnosis - Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM-Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Associate Professor, Department of Imaging Diagnosis - Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM-Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Detectability of hepatocellular carcinoma on gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI at 3 T in patients with severe liver dysfunction: clinical impact of dual-source parallel radiofrequency excitation. Clin Radiol 2015; 70:254-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2014.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Revised: 10/26/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Kwon S, Kim YK, Park HJ, Jeong WK, Lee WJ, Choi D. Is gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI limited in tumor characterization for patients with chronic liver disease? Magn Reson Imaging 2014; 32:1214-1222. [PMID: 25192607 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2014.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 08/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PURPOSE There are pros and cons to the use of gadoxetic acid in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) workup due to the potential for high false positive diagnosis. This study was conducted to investigate the preoperative diagnostic performance of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI protocol including diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with emphasis on tumor characterization developed in high risk HCC patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We included 144 patients (102 men, 42 women; age range 33-74 years) with chronic viral hepatitis or cirrhosis and 183 focal hepatic tumors (size range, 0.4-11.0 cm; mean, 3.2 cm), including 148 HCCs, 13 cholangiocarcinomas, 12 hemangiomas, three hepatocellular adenomas, two focal nodular hyperplasias, and five other tumors. All patients underwent gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI protocol with DWI. MRIs were independently interpreted by three observers for the detection and characterization of hepatic tumors. RESULTS Sensitivities for detecting all 183 liver tumors were 98.4%, 97.8%, and 96.2% for each observer, respectively, with a 97.5% for pooled data. Among 183 hepatic tumors, 91.3% (n=167), 87.4% (n=160), and 86.9% (n=159) were correctly characterized according to their reference standard by each observer, respectively. In 13 cholangiocarcinomas, one to three were misinterpreted as HCC, and the remaining tumors were correctly characterized by each observer. The accuracies (Az) of MRI for HCC diagnosis were 0.952 for observer 1, 0.906 for observer 2, and 0.910 for observer 3, with 0.922 for pooled data. There was good inter-observer agreement. CONCLUSION The gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI including DWI showed a reasonable performance for tumor characterization with high sensitivity for tumor detection in patients with chronic liver disease, despite concerns of high false positive diagnosis of hypervascular tumors.
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- Soyi Kwon
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Maiwald B, Lobsien D, Kahn T, Stumpp P. Is 3-Tesla Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging superior to 64-slice contrast-enhanced CT for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma? PLoS One 2014; 9:e111935. [PMID: 25375778 PMCID: PMC4223069 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Objectives To compare 64-slice contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) with 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using Gd-EOB-DTPA for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and evaluate the utility of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in this setting. Methods 3-phase-liver-CT was performed in fifty patients (42 male, 8 female) with suspected or proven HCC. The patients were subjected to a 3-Tesla-MRI-examination with Gd-EOB-DTPA and diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) at b-values of 0, 50 and 400 s/mm2. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)-value was determined for each lesion detected in DWI. The histopathological report after resection or biopsy of a lesion served as the gold standard, and a surrogate of follow-up or complementary imaging techniques in combination with clinical and paraclinical parameters was used in unresected lesions. Diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were evaluated for each technique. Results MRI detected slightly more lesions that were considered suspicious for HCC per patient compared to CT (2.7 versus 2.3, respectively). ADC-measurements in HCC showed notably heterogeneous values with a median of 1.2±0.5×10−3 mm2/s (range from 0.07±0.1 to 3.0±0.1×10−3 mm2/s). MRI showed similar diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and positive and negative predictive values compared to CT (AUC 0.837, sensitivity 92%, PPV 80% and NPV 90% for MRI vs. AUC 0.798, sensitivity 85%, PPV 79% and NPV 82% for CT; not significant). Specificity was 75% for both techniques. Conclusions Our study did not show a statistically significant difference in detection in detection of HCC between MRI and CT. Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI tended to detect more lesions per patient compared to contrast-enhanced CT; therefore, we would recommend this modality as the first-choice imaging method for the detection of HCC and therapeutic decisions. However, contrast-enhanced CT was not inferior in our study, so that it can be a useful image modality for follow-up examinations.
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- Bettina Maiwald
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Bargellini I, Battaglia V, Bozzi E, Lauretti DL, Lorenzoni G, Bartolozzi C. Radiological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Hepatocell Carcinoma 2014; 1:137-48. [PMID: 27508183 PMCID: PMC4918274 DOI: 10.2147/jhc.s44379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) still remains a challenging issue. In the setting of liver cirrhosis, international guidelines have set the noninvasive criteria for HCC diagnosis, represented by the detection of contrast hyperenhancement in the arterial phase (wash-in) and hypoenhancement in the portal or delayed phase (wash-out) with dynamic multi-detector computer tomography or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Although highly specific, this typical enhancement pattern has relatively low sensitivity, since approximately one-third of HCC nodules are characterized by atypical enhancement patterns. In atypical HCC nodules larger than 1 cm, the majority of international guidelines recommend liver biopsy. However, there is an increasing interest in exploiting new noninvasive diagnostic tools, to increase the sensitivity of radiological diagnosis of HCC. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging and MR hepatobiliary contrast agents may represent useful tools for the detection and characterization of borderline hypovascular lesions by providing functional information such as water molecule motion in diffusion-weighted imaging and residual hepatobiliary function, which can be impaired early during the course of hepatocarcinogenesis. Also, dual-energy computed tomography (CT) represents an interesting new CT technology that could increase detectability and conspicuity of hypervascular lesions, thus possibly improving CT sensitivity in small HCCs. However, more data and further developments are needed to verify the usefulness of these new technologies in the diagnosis of HCC and to translate these recent advances into clinical practice.
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- Irene Bargellini
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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Kim YK, Kim YK, Park HJ, Park MJ, Lee WJ, Choi D. Noncontrast MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging as the sole imaging modality for detecting liver malignancy in patients with high risk for hepatocellular carcinoma. Magn Reson Imaging 2014; 32:610-618. [PMID: 24702980 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2013.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Revised: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare the diagnostic performance of the noncontrast MRI including DWI to the standard MRI for detecting hepatic malignancies in patients with chronic liver disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS We included 135 patients with 136 histologically-confirmed hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), 12 cholangiocarcinomas, and 34 benign lesions (≤ 2.0 cm), and 22 patients with cirrhosis but no focal liver lesion who underwent 3.0 T liver MRI. Noncontrast MRI set (T1- and T2-weighted images and DWI) and standard MRI set (gadoxetic acid-enhanced and noncontrast MRI) were analyzed independently by three observers to detect liver malignancies using receiver operating characteristic analysis. RESULTS The Az value of the noncontrast MRI (mean, 0.906) was not inferior to that of the combined MRI (mean, 0.924) for detecting malignancies by all observers (P>0.05). For each observer, no significant difference was found in the sensitivity and specificity between the two MRI sets for detecting liver malignancies and distinguishing them from benign lesions (P>0.05), whereas negative predictive value was higher with the combined MRI than with the noncontrast MRI (P=0.0001). When using pooled data, the sensitivity of the combined MRI (mean 94.8%) was higher than that of the noncontrast MRI (mean, 91.7%) (P =0.001), whereas specificity was equivalent (78.6% vs 77.5%). CONCLUSION Noncontrast MRI including DWI showed reasonable performance compared to the combined gadoxetic acid-enhanced and noncontrast MRI set for detecting HCC and cholangiocarcinoma and differentiating them from benign lesions in patients with chronic liver disease.
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- Yi Kyung Kim
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Shim JH, Han S, Shin YM, Lee YJ, Lee SG, Kim KM, Lim YS, Lee HC. Prognostic performance of preoperative gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI in resectable hepatocellular carcinoma. J Magn Reson Imaging 2014; 41:1115-23. [PMID: 24841479 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Revised: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To assess the impact of preoperative evaluation by gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on early recurrence outcomes after hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) resection. MATERIALS AND METHODS The retrospective study included two groups of Child-Pugh class A patients who underwent curative liver resection for a single HCC; in one group the HCC was identified by dynamic computed tomography (CT) and gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI (n = 174; MRI group); in the other by dynamic CT only (n = 416; non-MRI group). We compared the two groups with respect to recurrence-free survival after propensity score matching (162 pairs). RESULTS In the matched cohorts, disease-free survival rates for overall and intrahepatic recurrence were 92.6% and 91.9% at 1 year and 78.3% and 79.4% at 2 years, respectively, for the MRI group versus 82.7% and 82.7% at 1 year and 67.2% and 70.4% at 2 years, respectively, for the non-MRI group (P < 0.05). Multivariate Cox analyses revealed that the MRI group was independently superior to the non-MRI group in terms of risk of overall and intrahepatic recurrence at 1 and 2 years in the pooled cohort (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI evaluation is more useful than dynamic CT for identifying good surgical candidates at low risk of early recurrence following hepatic resection for HCC. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2015;41:1115-1123. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Ju Hyun Shim
- Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Liver Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Cha DI, Lee MW, Kim YK, Kim SH, Park HJ, Rhim H, Lim HK. Assessing patients with hepatocellular carcinoma meeting the Milan criteria: Is liver 3 tesla MR with gadoxetic acid necessary in addition to liver CT? J Magn Reson Imaging 2014; 39:842-852. [PMID: 24115384 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To determine the added value of 3 Tesla liver MR in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) within the liver computed tomography (CT) -based Milan criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS Liver CT and MR images of 130 patients with HCC within the Milan criteria based on liver CT were retrospectively reviewed. The number of MR-diagnosed HCCs and that of high risk hypervascular nodules (HRHNs), the effect of obtaining MR on patient management and CT appearances of MR-diagnosed HCCs and those of HRHNs were evaluated. Independent predictor for diagnosing additional HCCs on liver MR was analyzed. RESULTS A total of 18.5% (24/130) of patients had additional 39 HCCs on MR, with a 5.4% (7/130) dropout rate from the Milan criteria. 28.5% (37/130) of patients had additional 78 HRHNs. Overall, 39.2% (51/130) of patients required changes in management. The common CT appearances of MR-diagnosed HCCs were arterial enhancing lesions ≥ 0.5cm (38.4%, 15/39), low density nodules < 1.5 cm (30.8%, 12/39) and invisibility (28.2%, 11/39). For MR-diagnosed HRHNs, 55.1% (43/78) were invisible on CT. The presence of inconclusive lesions on CT was an independent predictor for diagnosing additional HCCs on MR. CONCLUSION For patients with HCCs within the Milan criteria on liver CT, liver MR may be necessary to detect additional HCCs and HRHNs.
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- Dong Ik Cha
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Zhao XT, Li WX, Chai WM, Chen KM. Detection of small hepatocellular carcinoma using gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI: Is the addition of diffusion-weighted MRI at 3.0T beneficial? J Dig Dis 2014; 15:137-45. [PMID: 24354621 DOI: 10.1111/1751-2980.12119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether adding diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to gadoxetic acid-enhanced 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can improve the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), particularly for small lesions (≤2 cm) in patients with liver cirrhosis. METHODS Data of patients diagnosed with focal liver lesions who had undergone gadoxetic acid-enhanced 3.0T MRI and DWI were retrospectively reviewed. Two radiologists (the observers) reviewed independently MRI images in two reading sessions, that is, gadoxetic acid-enhanced images alone and the combination of DWI (b values: 0 and 600 s/mm(2) ) and gadoxetic acid-enhanced images. They assigned to each lesion a confidence level based on a five-point scale. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV) for the detection of HCC were calculated. RESULTS Both observers found the AUROC of the gadoxetic acid-enhanced images was slightly higher than that of the combined DWI and gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI images in the detection of HCC (observer 1: 0.947 ± 0.030 vs 0.896 ± 0.042, Z = 1.478, P = 0.139; observer 2: 0.917 ± 0.038 vs 0.868 ± 0.048, Z = 1.296, P = 0.195). The sensitivity for the gadoxetic acid set alone was slightly higher than that for the combined set for observer 1 (97% vs 84%) and slightly lower for observer 2 (74% vs 82%). The PPVs were slightly higher for the gadoxetic acid set alone than for the combined set for both observers (observer 1, 89% vs 80%; observer 2, 93% vs 78%); however, none of the differences were statistically significant (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION There is no benefit in adding DWI to gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI for the detection of HCC at 3.0T.
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- Xiang Tian Zhao
- Department of Radiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Kim MY, Kim YK, Park HJ, Park MJ, Lee WJ, Choi D. Diagnosis of focal liver lesions with gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI: is a shortened delay time possible by adding diffusion-weighted imaging? J Magn Reson Imaging 2014; 39:31-41. [PMID: 24115329 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To determine whether the diagnostic performance of combined gadoxetic acid-enhanced dynamic phases and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is comparable to the standard protocol with hepatobiliary phase (HBP) and DWI for detection and characterization of focal liver lesions in chronic liver disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 176 patients with 181 HCCs, 15 cholangiocarcinomas, and 32 benign lesions were included. Three combined gadoxetic acid-enhanced and DWI sets (dynamic phases [arterial, portal, and 3-min delay {3-min set} and dynamic phases with 10-min HBP [10-min set] or 20-min HBP [20-min set]) were analyzed by two observers to determine the diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity in detection of malignancy, and ability for lesion characterization. RESULTS There was a trend, although not statistically significant, toward highest diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity for detecting malignancies in the 20-min set (mean, 0.945, 96.2), followed by the 10-min set (0.937, 95.9), and the 3-min set (0.923, 94.1) (P > 0.05). For lesion characterization, three image sets were equivalent (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION For lesion detection and characterization in chronic liver diseases, 3-min set with DWI showed comparable efficacy to 10-min or 20-min set. However, the best diagnostic performance could be achieved by combination of all image sets.
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- Moon Young Kim
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Joishi D, Ueno A, Tanimoto A, Okuda S, Masugi Y, Emoto K, Okuma K, Sakamoto M, Imai Y, Kuribayashi S. Natural course of hypovascular nodules detected on gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging: presence of fat is a risk factor for hypervascularization. Magn Reson Med Sci 2013; 12:281-7. [PMID: 24172788 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.2012-0097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Hypovascular nodules that exhibit hypointensity in hepatocyte-phase images of gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are frequently encountered in clinical practice. We investigated risk factors for the development of these nodules into hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed our institutional database and identified 302 patients who underwent gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging for suspected or confirmed HCC from February 1, 2008 to January 30, 2011. We excluded patients who were examined for metastasis of other malignancies or for other hepatic tumors, such as focal nodular hyperplasia. We identified hypovascular nodules that were hypointense in hepatocyte-phase images, recorded their characteristics, and calculated the cumulative hypervascularization rate for nodules that were followed up. RESULTS Of the 302 patients, 82 had hypovascular nodules (178 nodules; mean size, 9.3 mm). Sixty nodules were followed up for over 6 months, and eight progressed to hypervascular HCC. Hypervascularization occurred more frequently in nodules with fat than those without (P<0.01). The cumulative hypervascularization rate was 5.1% over a year. CONCLUSION The presence of intralesional fat was found to be a risk factor for hypervascularization of hypovascular nodules that exhibited hypointensity in the hepatocyte-phase images of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging.
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- Dai Joishi
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine
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CT and MRI in target delineation in primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Radiother 2013; 17:750-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2013.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Zeng MS, Ye HY, Guo L, Peng WJ, Lu JP, Teng GJ, Huan Y, Li P, Xu JR, Liang CH, Breuer J. Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for focal liver lesions in Chinese patients: a multicenter, open-label, phase III study. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int 2013; 12:607-16. [PMID: 24322746 DOI: 10.1016/s1499-3872(13)60096-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Contrast agents help to improve visibility in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. However, owing to the large interstitial spaces of the liver, there is a reduction in the natural contrast gradient between lesions and healthy tissue. This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the liver-specific MR imaging contrast agent gadoxetate disodium (Gd-EOB-DTPA) in Chinese patients. METHODS This was a single-arm, open-label, multicenter study in patients with known or suspected focal liver lesions referred for contrast-enhanced MR imaging. MR imaging was performed in 234 patients before and after a single intravenous bolus of Gd-EOB-DTPA (0.025 mmol/kg body weight). Images were evaluated by clinical study investigators and three independent, blinded radiologists. The primary efficacy endpoint was sensitivity in lesion detection. RESULTS Gd-EOB-DTPA improved sensitivity in lesion detection by 9.46% compared with pre-contrast imaging for the average of the three blinded readers (94.78% vs 85.32% for Gd-EOB-DTPA vs pre-contrast, respectively). Improvements in detection were more pronounced in lesions less than 1 cm. Gd-EOB-DTPA improved diagnostic accuracy in lesion classification. CONCLUSIONS This open-label study demonstrated that Gd-EOB-DTPA improves diagnostic sensitivity in liver lesions, particularly in those smaller than 1 cm. Gd-EOB-DTPA also significantly improves the diagnostic accuracy in lesion classification, and furthermore, Gd-EOB-DTPA is safe in Chinese patients with liver lesions.
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- Meng-Su Zeng
- Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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Inoue T, Hyodo T, Murakami T, Takayama Y, Nishie A, Higaki A, Korenaga K, Sakamoto A, Osaki Y, Aikata H, Chayama K, Suda T, Takano T, Miyoshi K, Koda M, Numata K, Tanaka H, Iijima H, Ochi H, Hirooka M, Imai Y, Kudo M. Hypovascular hepatic nodules showing hypointense on the hepatobiliary-phase image of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI to develop a hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma: a nationwide retrospective study on their natural course and risk factors. Dig Dis 2013; 31:472-479. [PMID: 24281023 DOI: 10.1159/000355248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the natural outcome of nonhypervascular lesions detected in the hepatobiliary phase of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced MRI by performing a longitudinal study retrospectively enrolled in a nationwide manner. METHODS Between February 2008 and March 2011, 224 patients with 504 nodules that were diagnosed as nonhypervascular by imaging were recruited from institutions that participated in the present study. We examined the natural outcome of nonhypervascular lesions and evaluated the risk factors. RESULTS Of the 504 nodules, 173 (34.3%) showed hypervascular transformation. The overall cumulative incidence of hypervascular transformation was 14.9% at 12 months and 45.8% at 24 months. Multivariate analysis using the Cox regression model revealed previous treatment history for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC; relative risk = 1.498; p = 0.036, 95% CI 1.03-2.19) and hyperintensity on T2-weighted images (relative risk = 1.724; p = 0.015, 95% CI 1.11-2.67) were identified as independent factors for hypervascular transformation. CONCLUSIONS Patients who have a previous treatment history for HCC and with hypointense nodules showing hyperintensity on T2-weighted images need careful follow-up because of the high incidence of hypervascular transformation.
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- Tatsuo Inoue
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University, Osakasayama, Japan
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Kakihara D, Nishie A, Harada N, Shirabe K, Tajima T, Asayama Y, Ishigami K, Nakayama T, Takayama Y, Okamoto D, Fujita N, Kishimoto J, Honda H. Performance of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI for detecting hepatocellular carcinoma in recipients of living-related-liver-transplantation: comparison with dynamic multidetector row computed tomography and angiography-assisted computed tomography. J Magn Reson Imaging 2013; 40:1112-20. [PMID: 24259437 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To clarify the diagnostic performance of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in recipients of living related-liver transplantation (LRLT). MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study group consisted of 15 patients with 61 HCCs who each underwent multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT), gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI, and angiography-assisted computed tomography (CT) before LRLT. The three modalities were compared for their ability to detect HCC. Two blinded readers independently reviewed the images obtained by each modality for the presence of HCC on a segment-by-segment basis using a 5-point confidence scale. The diagnostic performance of the modalities was evaluated in a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The area under the ROC curve (Az), sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were compared for the three modalities. RESULTS No significant difference in Az, sensitivity, specificity, or accuracy was obtained among gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI, MDCT, and angiography-assisted CT for both readers. For reader 1, the sensitivity (55.6%) and the accuracy (84.7%) of angiography-assisted CT were significantly higher than those of MDCT (33.3% and 78.0%) (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI has a relatively high diagnostic ability to detect HCC even in recipients of LRLT, equivalent to the abilities of MDCT and angiography-assisted CT.
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- Daisuke Kakihara
- Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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Role of C-Arm CT for Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Diagnostic Performance and Predictive Value for Therapeutic Response Compared With Gadoxetic Acid–Enhanced MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2013; 201:675-83. [DOI: 10.2214/ajr.12.10445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Park HJ, Kim YK, Park MJ, Lee WJ. Small intrahepatic mass-forming cholangiocarcinoma: target sign on diffusion-weighted imaging for differentiation from hepatocellular carcinoma. ABDOMINAL IMAGING 2013; 38:793-801. [PMID: 22829097 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-012-9943-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine the differential MRI features of small mass-forming intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS Sixty-four patients with pathologically proven small ICCs (n = 32) and HCCs (n = 32) (≤ 3.0 cm in diameter) who had undergone preoperative gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and DWI were enrolled in this study. Images were analyzed for the shape of the lesions, the presence of biliary dilatation, hyperenhancement (>50 % of the tumor volume) or rim enhancement on the arterial phase, capsular enhancement, and the presence of target appearance (a central enhancement with hypointense rim) on the hepatobiliary phase and on DWI (a central hypointense area with a peripheral hyperintense rim). Statistical significance of these findings was determined by the χ(2) or Fisher's exact test. Multivariate analysis was performed to identify independent imaging findings that allow differentiation of the two diseases. RESULTS Univariate analysis revealed that the following significant parameters favor ICC over HCC: lobulating shape, rim enhancement on arterial phase, target appearance on the hepatobiliary phase, and DWI (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that only target appearance on the DWI was a significant and independent variable predictive of ICC, as 24 ICCs (75.0 %) and one HCC (3.1 %) showed this feature (P = 0.0003). CONCLUSION A target appearance on the DWI was the most reliable imaging feature for distinguishing small mass-forming ICC from small HCC.
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- Hyun Jeong Park
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Yu MH, Lee JM, Yoon JH, Kiefer B, Han JK, Choi BI. Clinical application of controlled aliasing in parallel imaging results in a higher acceleration (CAIPIRINHA)-volumetric interpolated breathhold (VIBE) sequence for gadoxetic acid-enhanced liver MR imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2013; 38:1020-6. [DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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- Mi Hye Yu
- Department of Radiology; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Radiology; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul Korea
- Institute of Radiation Medicine; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Radiology; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Radiology; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul Korea
- Institute of Radiation Medicine; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Radiology; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul Korea
- Institute of Radiation Medicine; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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Park MJ, Kim YK, Lee MH, Lee JHWJ. Validation of diagnostic criteria using gadoxetic acid-enhanced and diffusion-weighted MR imaging for small hepatocellular carcinoma (<= 2.0 cm) in patients with hepatitis-induced liver cirrhosis. Acta Radiol 2013; 54:127-36. [PMID: 23148300 DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.120262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gadoxetic acid and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is increasingly used for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It is relevant to refine the diagnostic parameters for HCC, using state-of-the-art imaging techniques. PURPOSE To validate usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) criteria with gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and DWI for diagnosis of small HCC by differentiation from dysplastic nodule (DN) or regenerative nodule (RN) in cirrhotic patients with strongly suspected small HCC. MATERIAL AND METHODS One hundred and eight patients with 102 HCCs and 29 benign nodules including 21 DNs and two large RNs (≤ 2.0 cm), and 40 patients with no HCC underwent gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and DWI. All patients also underwent MDCT. Index MR criteria for HCC were: (i) arterial hyperenhancement and hypointensity on hepatobiliary phase (HBP) with hyperintensity on DWI; (ii) hypovascular nodule with hyperintensity on DWI; (iii) arterial hyperenhancement and hypointensity on HBP without hyperintensity on DWI; (iv) arterial hyperenhancement and either iso- or hyperintensity on HBP, with hyperintensity on DWI; and (v) hyperintensity only on DWI. According to these criteria, MRI findings for HCCs and benign nodules were independently classified by two reviewers. RESULTS On multidetector-row computed tomography, 64 HCCs (62.7%) showed typical features for HCC while 13 (12.8%) were not identified. On MRI, 84 HCCs (82.4%) showed arterial hyperenhancement and hypointensity on HBP, and hyperintensity on DWI. Eight HCCs were regarded as hypovascular HCCs with hyperintensity DWI (category 2). One HCC (0.6 cm in diameter) was demonstrated only by DWI. For each observer, 101 (99.0%) and 100 HCCs (98.0%) were discernible when applying all MRI criteria for HCC, respectively. Three DNs also fit the HCC criteria, thus the specificity was 90.9% for both observers. CONCLUSION With the HCC criteria based on combined gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and DWI, it is possible to reliably diagnose small HCC including hypovascular HCCs.
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- Min Jung Park
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul
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HCC-to-liver contrast on arterial-dominant phase images of EOB-enhanced MRI: comparison with dynamic CT. Magn Reson Imaging 2013; 31:17-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2011] [Revised: 06/24/2012] [Accepted: 06/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ooka Y, Kanai F, Okabe S, Ueda T, Shimofusa R, Ogasawara S, Chiba T, Sato Y, Yoshikawa M, Yokosuka O. Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI compared with CT during angiography in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Magn Reson Imaging 2012; 31:748-54. [PMID: 23218794 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2012] [Revised: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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PURPOSE To assess the value of gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the pre-therapeutic detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis with the combination of computed tomography (CT) arterial portography and CT hepatic arteriography (CTAP/CTHA). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 54 consecutive patients with 87 nodular HCCs were retrospectively analyzed. All HCC nodules were confirmed pathologically. Three blinded readers independently reviewed 432 hepatic segments, including 78 segments with 87 HCCs. Each reader read two sets of images: Set 1, CTAP/CTHA; Set 2, gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI including a gradient dual-echo sequence and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). The ROC method was used to analyze the results. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and sensitivity according to tumor size were evaluated. RESULTS For each reader, the area under the curve was significantly higher for Set 2 than for Set 1. The mean area under the curve was also significantly greater for Set 2 than for Set 1 (area under the curve, 0.98 vs. 0.93; P=.0009). The sensitivity was significantly higher for Set 2 than for Set 1 for all three readers (P=.012, .013 and .039, respectively). The difference in the specificity, positive predictive values and negative predictive values of the two modalities for each reader was not significant (P>.05). CONCLUSION Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI including a gradient dual-echo sequence and DWI is recommended for the pre-therapeutic evaluation of patients with HCC.
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- Yoshihiko Ooka
- Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
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Liver MRI at 3.0 tesla: comparison of image quality and lesion detectability between single-source conventional and dual-source parallel radiofrequency transmissions. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2012; 36:546-53. [PMID: 22992605 DOI: 10.1097/rct.0b013e318264e4a7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To prospectively and intraindividually compare liver magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using single-source and dual-source parallel radiofrequency (RF) transmissions at 3.0-T for image quality, lesion detectability, and lesion contrast. METHODS Ninety-nine patients with 139 liver lesions underwent liver MRI at 3.0-T. Two radiologists performed a consensus review of T2-weighted images (T2WI), heavily T2WI (HT2WI), gadoxetic acid-enhanced hepatobiliary images, and diffusion-weighted imaging using single-source and dual-source RF transmissions with regard to image quality and lesion detectability. Contrast ratios between liver lesions and liver parenchyma were also calculated. RESULTS Image quality was better with dual-source than with single-source at T2WI and HT2WI (P < 0.05), but lesion detectabilities were similar for all sequences. There was no significant difference in mean contrast ratios for all sequences (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION Dual-source RF transmission provides a better image quality with T2WI and HT2WI than with single-source. However, 2 techniques showed similar lesion detectability.
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Kim AY, Kim YK, Lee MW, Park MJ, Hwang J, Lee MH, Lee JW. Detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and diffusion-weighted MRI with respect to the severity of liver cirrhosis. Acta Radiol 2012; 53:830-8. [PMID: 22847903 DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.120099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND As gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) have been widely used for the evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), it is clinically relevant to determine the diagnostic efficacy of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and DWI for detection of HCCs with respect to the severity of liver cirrhosis. PURPOSE To compare the diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and DWI for detection of HCCs with respect to the severity of liver cirrhosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 189 patients with 240 HCCs (≤3.0 cm) (Child-Pugh A, 81 patients with 90 HCCs; Child-Pugh B, 65 patients with 85 HCCs; Child-Pugh C, 43 patients with 65 HCCs) underwent DWI and gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI at 3.0 T. A gadoxetic acid set (dynamic and hepatobiliary phase plus T2-weighted image) and DWI set (DWI plus unenhanced MRIs) for each Child-Pugh class were analyzed independently by two observers for detecting HCCs using receiver-operating characteristic analysis. The diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity were calculated. RESULTS There was a trend toward decreased diagnostic accuracy for gadoxetic acid and DWI set with respect to the severity of cirrhosis (Child-Pugh A [mean 0.974, 0.961], B [mean 0.904, 0.863], C [mean 0.779, 0.760]). For both observers, the sensitivities of both image sets were highest in Child-Pugh class A (mean 95.6%, 93.9%), followed by class B (mean 83.0%, 77.1%), and class C (mean 60.6%, 60.0%) (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION In HCC detection, the diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity for gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and DWI were highest in Child-Pugh class A, followed by Child-Pugh class B, and Child-Pugh class C, indicating a tendency toward decreased diagnostic capability with the severity of cirrhosis.
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- Ah Yeong Kim
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Inoue T, Kudo M, Komuta M, Hayaishi S, Ueda T, Takita M, Kitai S, Hatanaka K, Yada N, Hagiwara S, Chung H, Sakurai T, Ueshima K, Sakamoto M, Maenishi O, Hyodo T, Okada M, Kumano S, Murakami T. Assessment of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI for HCC and dysplastic nodules and comparison of detection sensitivity versus MDCT. J Gastroenterol 2012; 47:1036-47. [PMID: 22526270 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-012-0571-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND We aimed to evaluate gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the detection of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) and dysplastic nodules (DNs) compared with dynamic multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT), and to discriminate between HCCs and DNs. METHODS Eighty-six nodules diagnosed as HCC or DNs were retrospectively investigated. Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI and dynamic MDCT were compared with respect to their diagnostic ability for hypervascular HCCs and detection sensitivity for hypovascular tumors. The ability of hepatobiliary images of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI to discriminate between these nodules was assessed. We also calculated the EOB enhancement ratio of the tumors. RESULTS For hypervascular HCCs, the diagnostic ability of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI was significantly higher than that of MDCT for tumors less than 2 cm (p = 0.048). There was no difference in the detection of hypervascular HCCs between hepatobiliary phase images of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI (43/45: 96%) and dynamic MDCT (40/45: 89%), whereas the detection sensitivity of hypovascular tumors by Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI was significantly higher than that by dynamic MDCT (39/41: 95% vs. 25/41: 61%, p = 0.001). EOB enhancement ratios were decreased in parallel with the degree of differentiation in DNs and HCCs, although there was no difference between DNs and hypovascular well-differentiated HCCs. CONCLUSION The diagnostic ability of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI for hypervascular HCCs less than 2 cm was significantly higher than that of MDCT. For hypovascular tumors, the detection sensitivity of hepatobiliary phase images of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI was significantly higher than that of dynamic Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI and dynamic MDCT. It was difficult to distinguish between DNs and hypovascular well-differentiated HCCs based on the EOB enhancement ratio.
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- Tatsuo Inoue
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan
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Contrast agents as a biological marker in magnetic resonance imaging of the liver: conventional and new approaches. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 37:164-79. [PMID: 21516381 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-011-9734-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Liver imaging is an important clinical area in everyday practice. The clinical meaning of different lesion types in the liver can be quite different. Therefore, the result of imaging studies of the liver can change therapeutic concepts fundamentally. Contrast agents are used in the majority of MR examinations of the liver parenchyma-despite the already good soft-tissue contrast in plain MRI. This can be explained by the advantages in lesion detection and characterization of contrast-enhanced MRI of the liver. Beyond the qualitative evaluation of contrast-enhanced liver MR examinations, quantification of parameters will be the demand of the future. This can be achieved by perfusion MRI, also called dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) of the liver. Its basic principles and different clinical applications will be discussed in this article. Definite cut-off values to determine disease or therapeutic response will help to increase the objectivity and reliability of liver MRI in future. This is especially important in the oncological setting, where modern therapies cannot be assessed based on changes in size only.
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Yonetomi D, Kadosawa T, Miyoshi K, Nakao Y, Homma E, Hanazono K, Yamada E, Nakamura K, Ijiri A, Minegishi N, Maetani S, Hirayama K, Taniyama H, Nakade T. Contrast agent Gd-EOB-DTPA (EOB·Primovist®) for low-field magnetic resonance imaging of canine focal liver lesions. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2012; 53:371-80. [PMID: 22548505 DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2011.01919.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with a new liver-specific contrast agent gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA; EOB·Primovist®) was studied in 14 normal beagles and 9 dogs with focal liver lesions. Gd-EOB-DTPA accumulates in normally functioning hepatocytes 20 min after injection. As with Gd-DTPA, it is also possible to perform a dynamic multiphasic examination of the liver with Gd-EOB-DTPA, including an arterial phase and a portal venous phase. First, a reliable protocol was developed and the appropriate timings for the dynamic study and the parenchymal phase in normal dogs using Gd-EOB-DTPA were determined. Second, the patterns of these images were evaluated in patient dogs with hepatic masses. The optimal time of arterial imaging was from 15 s after injection, and the optimal time for portal venous imaging was from 40 s after injection. Meanwhile, the optimal time to observe changes during the hepatobiliary phase was from 20 min after injection. In patient dogs, 11 lesions were diagnosed as malignant tumors; all were hypointense to the surrounding normal liver parenchyma during the hepatobiliary phase. Even with a low-field MR imaging unit, the sequences afforded images adequate to visualize the liver parenchyma and to detect tumors within an appropriate scan time. Contrast-enhanced MR imaging with Gd-EOB-DTPA provides good demarcation on low-field MR imaging for diagnosing canine focal liver lesions.
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- Daisuke Yonetomi
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
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Korkusuz H, Knau L, Kromen W, Huebner F, Hammerstingl R, Lindemayr S, Bihrer V, Piiper A, Vogl TJ. Gadoxetate acid-enhanced MRI of hepatocellular carcinoma in a c-myc/TGFα transgenic mouse model including signal intensity and fat content: initial experience. Cancer Imaging 2012; 12:72-8. [PMID: 22418445 PMCID: PMC3335333 DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2012.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Genetically engineered mouse models, such as double transgenic c-myc/TGFα mice, with specific pathway abnormalities might be more successful at predicting the clinical response of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment. But a major drawback of the tumour models is the difficulty of visualizing endogenously formed tumours. The optimal imaging procedure should be brief and minimally invasive. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) satisfies these criteria and gadoxetate acid-enhanced MRI improves the detection of HCC. Fat content is stated to be an additional tool to help assess tumour responses, for example, in cases of radiofrequency ablation. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate if gadoxetate acid-enhanced MRI could be used to detect HCC in c-myc/TGFα transgenic mice by determining the relation between the signal intensity of HCC and normal liver parenchyma and the corresponding fat content as a diagnostic marker of HCC. In our study, 20 HCC in c-myc/TGFα transgenic male mice aged 20–34 weeks were analyzed. On gadoxetate acid-enhanced MRI, the signal intensity was 752.4 for liver parenchyma and 924.5 for HCC. The contrast to noise ratio was 20.4, the percentage enhancement was 267.1% for normal liver parenchyma and 353.9% for HCC. The fat content was 11.2% for liver parenchyma and 16.2% for HCC. There was a correlation between fat content and signal intensity with r = 0.7791. All parameters were statistically significant with P < 0.05. Our data indicate that gadoxetate acid contrast enhancement allows sensitive detection of HCC in c-myc/TGFα transgenic mice and determination of the fat content seems to be an additional useful parameter for HCC.
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- Huedayi Korkusuz
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany.
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Lee CH, Kim KA, Lee J, Park YS, Choi JW, Park CM. Using low tube voltage (80kVp) quadruple phase liver CT for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma: two-year experience and comparison with Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced liver MRI. Eur J Radiol 2012; 81:e605-11. [PMID: 22297180 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2011] [Revised: 12/14/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To validate the diagnostic performance of quadruple phase low tube voltage liver CT through the comparison with Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced liver MRI for the detection of HCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS Non-obese patients (38 men, eight women) with 68 HCCs underwent quadruple-phase CT at 16 MDCT (using low tube voltage, 80kVp; moderately high tube current, 280mAs) and Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced 3T MRI. Three observers independently and randomly reviewed the CT and MR images on a tumor-by-tumor basis. The diagnostic accuracy of these techniques for detecting HCC was assessed using alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis. Sensitivity and positive predictive values were evaluated. The mean effective doses for the low dose CT were also evaluated. RESULTS The areas under the ROC curves were 0.963, 0.959, and 0.941 for low dose CT and 0.981, 0.982, and 0.976 for MRI. Differences in Az of the two techniques for each observer were not statistically significant (P>.05). Differences in sensitivity and positive predictive values between the two techniques for each observer were not also statistically significant: sensitivity (86.8%, 82.4%, 85.3% for CT and 95.6%, 94.1%, 91.2% for MRI) and positive predictive values (92.2%, 90.3%, 89.2% for CT and 92.9%, 92.8%, 92.5% for MRI). Six HCCs (8.8%) in five patients were observed only on hepatobiliary phase of MRI, and all were smaller than 1.5cm. The mean effective dose for CT was approximately 10.2mSv. CONCLUSIONS Quadruple-phase low-dose liver CT (80kVp, 280mAs) had relatively good diagnostic performance for detecting HCC in non-obese patients. Because no significant difference was observed between low-dose CT and MRI, the use of low-dose liver CT can be justified based on its reduced radiation effects.
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- Chang Hee Lee
- Department of Radiology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, 80 Guro-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul 152-703, South Korea.
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Korkusuz H, Knau LL, Kromen W, Bihrer V, Keese D, Piiper A, Vogl TJ. Different signal intensity at Gd-EOB-DTPA compared with Gd-DTPA-enhanced MRI in hepatocellular carcinoma transgenic mouse model in delayed phase hepatobiliary imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2012; 35:1397-402. [PMID: 22267126 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate hyperintense Gd-DTPA- compared with hyper- and hypointense Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnet resonance imaging (MRI) in c-myc/TGFα transgenic mice for detecting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty HCC-bearing transgenic mice with overexpression of the protooncogene c-myc and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α) were analyzed. MRI was performed using a 3-T MRI scanner and an MRI coil. The imaging protocol included Gd-DTPA- and Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced T1-weighted images. The statistically evaluated parameters are signal intensity (SI), signal intensity ratio (SIR), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), percentage enhancement (PE), and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). RESULTS On Gd-DTPA-enhanced MRI compared with Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI, the SI of liver was 265.02 to 573.02 and of HCC 350.84 to either hyperintense with 757.1 or hypointense with 372.55 enhancement. Evaluated parameters were SNR of HCC 50.1 to 56.5/111.5 and SNR of liver parenchyma 37.8 to 85.8, SIR 1.32 to 1.31/0.64, CNR 12.2 to 26.1/-30.08 and PE 42.08% to 80.5/-98.2%, (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Gd-EOB-DTPA is superior to Gd-DTPA for detecting HCC in contrast agent-enhanced MRI in the c-myc/TGFα transgenic mouse model and there was no difference between the hyperintense or hypointense appearance of HCC. Either way, HCCs can easily be distinguished from liver parenchyma in mice.
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- Huedayi Korkusuz
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany.
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Onishi H, Kim T, Imai Y, Hori M, Nagano H, Nakaya Y, Tsuboyama T, Nakamoto A, Tatsumi M, Kumano S, Okada M, Takamura M, Wakasa K, Tomiyama N, Murakami T. Hypervascular hepatocellular carcinomas: detection with gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MR imaging and multiphasic multidetector CT. Eur Radiol 2011; 22:845-54. [PMID: 22057248 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2316-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2011] [Revised: 09/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To retrospectively compare the accuracy of detection of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by multiphasic multidetector CT and by gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MR imaging. METHODS After ethical approval, we analysed a total of 73 hypervascular HCC lesions from 31 patients suspected of having HCC, who underwent both gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MR imaging and multiphasic multidetector CT. Five blinded observers independently reviewed CT images, as well as dynamic MR images alone and combined with hepatobiliary phase MR images. Diagnostic accuracy (Az values), sensitivities and positive predictive values were compared by using the Scheffe post hoc test. RESULTS The mean Az value for dynamic and hepatobiliary phase MR combined (0.81) or dynamic MR images alone (0.78) was significantly higher than that for CT images (0.67, P < 0.001, 0.005, respectively). The mean sensitivity of the combined MR images (0.67) was significantly higher than that of dynamic MR alone (0.52, P < 0.05) or CT images (0.44, P < 0.05). The mean positive predictive values were 0.96, 0.95 and 0.94, for CT, dynamic MR alone and combined MR images, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Compared with multiphasic multidetector CT, gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MR imaging combining dynamic and hepatobiliary phase images results in significantly improved sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy for detection of hypervascular HCC. KEY POINTS Gadoxetate disodium is a new liver-specific MR imaging contrast agent. Gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI helps the assessment of patients with liver disease. It showed high diagnostic accuracy for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- Hiromitsu Onishi
- Department of Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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Baek CK, Choi JY, Kim KA, Park MS, Lim JS, Chung YE, Kim MJ, Kim KW. Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic liver disease: a comparison of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and multiphasic MDCT. Clin Radiol 2011; 67:148-56. [PMID: 21920517 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2011] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AIM To compare the diagnostic performances of gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and multiphasic multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic liver disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Institutional review board approval was obtained for this study and informed consent was obtained from all patients. Fifty-one patients (43 men, eight women; age range 32-80 years) with 73 HCCs underwent gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and multiphasic MDCT. Two readers independently analysed each image in three separate reading sessions. The alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic (AFROC) method was used to analyse the diagnostic accuracy. Positive and negative predictive values and sensitivity were evaluated. RESULTS A total of 73 HCCs were detected in 51 patients. Although not significant (p>0.05), the areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves were 0.877 and 0.850 for MDCT, 0.918 and 0.911 for dynamic MRI, and 0.905 and 0.918 for combined interpretation of dynamic and hepatobiliary phase MR images. Differences in sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values between the readers were not statistically significant (p>0.05). Combined interpretation of dynamic and hepatobiliary phase MRI images was more useful than MDCT in the detection of HCC lesions ≤1cm in diameter for one reader (p=0.043). CONCLUSION Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and MDCT show similar diagnostic performances for the detection of HCC in patients with chronic liver disease. However, the combined interpretation of dynamic and hepatobiliary phase MRI images may improve diagnostic accuracy in the detection of HCC lesions ≤1cm in diameter.
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- C-K Baek
- Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University Health System, Seodaemungu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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