Gadolinium-Enhanced Multi-Phasic MR Imaging of the Liver and Pancreas at 3.0 Tesla: Qualitative and Quantitative Comparison with 1.5 Tesla

Tonsok Kim¹, Masatoshi Hori¹, Hiromitsu Onishi¹, Yasuhiro Nakaya¹, Atsushi Nakamoto¹, Mitsuaki Tatsumi¹, Kaname Tomoda¹, Hironobu Nakamura¹

Gadolinium-enhanced multi-phasic MR imaging using 3D gradient echo sequence is clinically important for the diagnosis of hepatic and pancreatic disease. We compared tissue contrast and image quality for gadolinium-enhanced multi-phasic MR imaging of the liver and pancreas at 3.0 T with those at 1.5 T. Tissue contrast for gadolinium-enhanced multi-phasic MR imaging of the liver and pancreas at 3.0 T was equivalent to that at 1.5 T, but image quality for 3.0 T tended to be worse than that for 1.5 T.