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W Schima1, C Koelblinger, G Lesnik
1Abteilung für Radiologie und bildgebende Diagnostik, KH Göttlicher Heiland, Vinzenzgruppe, Dornbacher Strasse 20-28, 1170 Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
Liver metastases are a very common site of distant metastases. Detection and accurate characterization of liver metastases is of importance to guide therapy. A variety of imaging modalities such as US (including contrast agents), MDCT, MRI with liver -specific contrast agents and PET/CT are available for this purpose. This review presents imaging techniques and summarizes the current knowledge, how the different imaging modalities should be used.
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