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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
Volume 180, Issue 2, Pages 455-460Publisher
AMER ROENTGEN RAY SOC
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.2.1800455
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OBJECTIVE. Three-dimensional (313) Fourier transformation-enhanced fast gradient-echo sequences with a special spectral inversion recovery pulse and fat suppression developed for abdominal imaging, including MR angiography, can show enhanced areas clearly. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of dynamic MR imaging with the pulse sequences for the detection of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma by comparing it with that of dynamic helical CT with double arterial phase imaging. SUBJECTS AND METHODS. Fifty-three patients with 103 hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma nodules who underwent both dynamic MR imaging with 3D Fourier transformation-enhanced fast gradient-echo sequences with a special spectral inversion recovery pulse and dynamic helical CT with double arterial phase imaging were enrolled in the study. For dynamic MR imaging, unenhanced, arterial, portal venous, and equilibrium phase images were obtained before and approximately 19, 60, and 120 sec, respectively, after injection of gadopentetate dimeglumine. Three observers independently interpreted the images obtained with each technique in a blinded manner and in random order. RESULTS. Mean sensitivity and positive predictive values of CT for hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma (66% and 97%, respectively) were higher than those of MR imaging (63% and 96%, respectively), but there was no significant difference in detecting sensitivity among the observers (p < 0.05). CT and MR imaging were complementary, with some tumors undetected by CT but revealed on MR imaging. There was also no significant difference in A(z) values between CT (0.74) and MR imaging (0.71) (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION. Dynamic MR imaging with 3D Fourier transformation-enhanced fast gradient-echo sequences with a special spectral inversion recovery pulse is recommended to improve the detection of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma nodules in addition to the use of dynamic helical CT with double arterial phase imaging.
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