Abstract #3848
Quantification of 3D Arterial and Portal Venous Blood Flow Distribution in Liver Cirrhosis Patients using 4D Flow MRI
Xi Chen 1 , Michael Markl 1 , Julio Garcia Flores 1 , Susanne Schnell 1 , Kelly Brooke Jarvis 1 , James Carr 1 , Jeremy D. Collins 1 , and Zoran Stankovic 1
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Department of Radiology, Northwestern
University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
4D flow MRI provides valuable information on blood flow
velocities with full spatial (3D) and temporal (cardiac
cycle) coverage, which can be applied to volumetric and
functional evaluation of liver hemodynamics in liver
cirrhosis patients. This study reveals mean velocities
in portal venous and arterial systems of liver tend to
be lower for liver cirrhosis patients and appear to be
wider distributed. This result is showed by plotting
velocity histograms of healthy and pathologic groups
with selected parameters based on sensitivity test.
Quantitative analysis of liver hemodynamics using
flow-sensitive 4D MRI may be a standardized method to
complement the diagnosis in liver cirrhosis.
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