Dynamic CT vs 0.5 T MR imaging in the detection of surgically proven hepatic metastases
R K Zeman1, A Dritschilo, P M Silverman
1Departments of Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007-2197.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
Seventeen patients with 52 surgically proven hepatic metastases were studied preoperatively with dynamic CT and 0.5 T magnetic resonance (MR). Dynamic CT detected 38 metastases (73%), and the combination of short echo time (T1-weighted) and T2-weighted pulse sequences detected 46 lesions (88%). Magnetic resonance was also superior at assessing potential resectability. This study suggests that MR excels in detecting and anatomically localizing individual hepatic metastases.
