Liver
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Liver
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Specific Anatomic Region |
Liver |
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Application |
Differential diagnosis of liver masses |
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Author |
Hoe LV et al. |
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Reference Source |
AJR 1997; 168:1185-1192 |
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Scanner Used |
Siemens Somatom Plus 4 |
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Injection Rate |
2.5-3ml/sec |
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Contrast Volume and Type |
125-150cc of Telebrix (300-380mg/ml) |
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Area Scanned |
Entire liver |
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Scan Delay |
25sec arterial / 80sec venous |
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Length of Spiral (time) |
Approx 30sec |
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Slice Thickness |
5mm |
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Table Speed/Pitch |
Pitch 1-1.5 |
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Reconstruction Interval |
3mm intervals |
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3D Technique Used |
None |
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Comment: Scans in both the arterial and portal vein phases improve the radiologist's ability to differentiate hepatoma and FNH from other tumors is the authors' conclusion. |
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1A) |
1B) |
Case 1: hepatoma |
2A) |
2B) |
Case 2: focal nodular hyperplasia with dual phase imaging. |
3A) |
3B) |
Case 3: focal nodular hyperplasia. |
4A) |
4B) |
Case 4: hepatic abscess |
5A) |
5B) |
Case 5: vascular hepatic sarcoma |
