Quantitative analysis of the polyphase MRT results in differential diagnosis of metastatic liver lesions associated with malignant tumours in the rectum and in the pancreas

Abstract

In our study 57 metastatic liver lesions (37 of colorectal and 20 of pancreatic etiology) were examined using high field MR-system (1,5 T). During this investigation quantitative MRI analysis of dynamic contrast enhancement of the hepatic lesions was performed. It was shown that quantitative evaluation of enhanced MRI improves understanding of vascular transformation processes in pathologic hepatic focuses that's important for differential diagnosis of these diseases.

Keywords

• liver
• mri
• dce
• mts
• si
• quantitative analysis