MRI of the Cirrhotic Liver with Gd-EOB-DTPA: Does the Addition of the Hepatocyte Phase Improve Detection & Confidence in Characterization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma?

Mustafa R. Bashir¹, Rajan T. Gupta¹, Matthew S. Davenport¹, Brian C. Allen¹, Lisa M. Ho¹, Daniel T. Boll¹, Elmar M. Merkle¹

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the hepatocyte phase (delayed phase) image data set improves the detection and reader confidence in characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma in the MRI of the cirrhotic liver with Gd-EOB-DTPA.