Identification of diffusion weighted imaging would be affected before and after Gd-EOB-DTPA in patients with focal hepatic lesions: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inserting diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) into the time interval between post contrast and hepatobiliary phase (HBP) is time saving and health economic friendly. However, whether DWI would be affected before and after Gd-EOB-DTPA is still unknown. This study aims to validate whether the DWI at both low and high b-values is affected before and after Gd-EOB-DTPA enhancement.

Methods

From July 2019 to November 2019, seventy-three patients who satisfied the inclusion criteria were enrolled. Those patients were scanned with multiple b-value (b-value of 0, 50, 800, 1,000, and 1,200 s/mm²) DWI using a 3.0 T magnetic resonance (MR) scanner before and after the injection of Gd-EOB-DTPA. The final imaging diagnosis of the malignant liver lesions were made by his

SUBMITTER: Tang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9011237 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature