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Abstract #3663

HEMODYNAMIC EVALUATION OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA USING DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MRI WITH HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION: COMPARISON WITH DYNAMIC CT DURING HEPATIC ARTERIOGRAPHY

Yasunari Fujinaga 1 , Ayumi Ohya 1 , Akira Yamada 1 , Masahiro Kurozumi 1 , Kazuhiko Ueda 1 , Yoshihiro Kitou 2 , Hitoshi Ueda 2 , Katsuya Maruyama 3 , and Masumi Kadoya 1

1 Department of Radiology, Shinshu University, School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan, 2 Radiology Division, Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan, 3 Imaging & Therapy Systems Division, Siemens Japan. K. K., Tokyo, Japan

The radial volumetric imaging breath-hold examination with k-space-weighted image contrast reconstruction (r-VIBE-KWIC) allows powerful view sharing and provides high temporal resolution sub-frame images as well as a full-frame image. Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) using r-VIBE-KWIC has the potential to provide high spatial and temporal resolution images like a dynamic CT during hepatic arteriography (dyn-CTHA) without an invasive procedure or radiation exposure. We compared hemodynamics of HCC in DCE-MRI using r-VIBE-KWIC with that in dyn-CTHA, and revealed that DCE-MRI using r-VIBE-KWIC had a diagnostic potential comparable to dyn-CTHA in the hemodynamic evaluation of HCC.

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