Takeshi Yoshikawa1, Shohei Miyazaki2, Nobukazu Aoyama3, Kenya Murase2, Yoshiharu Ohno1, Tetsuo Maeda1, Hideaki Kawamitsu3, Kazuro Sugimura1
1Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; 2Medical Physics and Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Faculty of Health Science, Suita, Osaka, Japan; 3Central Division of Radiology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Regional hepatic blood flow can be estimated by SPIO-enhanced dynamic MR imaging and two-input, one-compartment model. The estimated values have the potential to be used for evaluation of regional hepatic function.