Abstract #1527
Distinguishing early and progressed HCC using texture analysis using gadoxetic acid-enhanced hepatobiliary phase image
Morisaka Hiroyuki 1 , Utaro Motosugi 1,2 , Shintaro Ichikawa 1 , Katsuhiro Sano 1 , Tomoaki Ichikawa 1 , Masayuki Nakano 3 , and Hiroshi Onishi 1
1
Department of Radiology, University of
Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan,
2
Department
of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI,
United States,
3
Department
of Pathology, Shonan Fujisawa Tokushukai Hospital,
Kanagawa, Japan
A texture may carry substantial information about the
structure of physical objects in medical images, while
radiologists usually assess texture only qualitatively
as image interpretation. It is important to distinguish
early and progressed HCC, since therapeutic strategies
are completely different. Theoretically early HCC can
remain a little uptake ability of gadoxetic acid, which
implies texture analysis of gadoxetic-acid enhanced
hepatocyte phase image can be useful for the
differentiation between early and progressed HCCs. In
this study, we found texture analysis may have
additional role for this purpose.
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