Journal of gastroenterology

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J. Gastroenterol. · Apr 2012

Possible utility of MRI using Gd-EOB-DTPA for estimating liver functional reserve.

Preoperative estimation of the liver functional reserve is important in liver surgery. We evaluated the role of dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA), i.e., EOB-MRI, for determining liver functional reserve. ⋯ EOB-MRI represents a practical and reliable imaging technique that may be used to estimate regional liver functional reserve in the clinical setting.

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