Abstract #4096

SPIO-Enhanced MR Evaluation of Regional Hepatic Blood Flow

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.