• Mi Jeong Kim, Seong Hyun Kim, Hee Jin Kim, Bong Soo Kim, Mateus Hernandes, and Richard C Semelka.
• Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
• J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Jul 1; 38 (1): 102-8.

PurposeTo compare enhancement of the liver and pancreas quantitatively on late hepatic arterial phase images among various gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) at 1.5 Tesla (T) MRI.Materials And MethodsPatients underwent consecutive MR studies with the following GBCAs: gadopentetate dimeglumine (0.1 mmol/kg) gadobenate dimeglumine (0.05 mmol/kg), gadoxetic acid, and gadobutrol group. The enhancement of liver and pancreas was evaluated quantitatively on late hepatic arterial phase. Relative pancreas-to-liver enhancement ratio was also calculated.ResultsMean % enhancement of the liver and the pancreas was 21.57 and 55.40, and mean relative pancreas to liver enhancement was 2.23. Mean % enhancement of the liver for gadopentetate, gadobenate, gadoxetic, and gadobutrol were 20.4 ± 12.3, 21.7 ± 7.1, 16.2 ± 6.1, 29.1 ± 21.9. Significant difference was observed for % enhancement of liver comparing gadobutrol and gadoxetic (P = 0.048). Mean % enhancement of pancreas for gadopentetate, gadobenate, gadoxetic, and gadobutrol were 53.6 ± 12.6, 60.1 ± 13.7, 52.7 ± 10.6, 54.7 ± 19.5. No significant differences were observed for % enhancement of pancreas (P > 0.05). No significant differences were observed for relative pancreas-to-liver enhancement ratio (P > 0.05).ConclusionOur study describes % enhancement of liver and pancreas using various GBCAs. The data may provide reference material on relaxation properties of GBCAs in vivo.Copyright © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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