Abstract #4024

EOB-Enhanced Liver MRI: Parameter Optimizations of Post-Contrast T2- And Diffusion-Weighted Imaging.

Takeshi Yoshikawa¹, Nobukazu Aoyama², Yoshiharu Ohno¹, Akira Suwa³, Katsusuke Kyotani², Tomonori Kanda¹, Naoki Kanata¹, Hisanobu Koyama¹, Kazuhiro Kitajima¹

¹Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; ²Division of Radiology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; ³Philips Electronics Japan, Tokyo, Japan

We optimized imaging parameters of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced T2WI and DWI sequences in phantom and clinical studies for time-saving liver MRI.On post-contrast T2WI and DWI images, signal intensities and ADC values are severely affected by EOB concentration unless imaging parameters are carefully chosen. Post-contrast T2WI and DWI should be carefully applied especially to rare conditions.