Magnetic Resonance Imaging Improves Diagnosis of Liver Cancer Compared to Liver Enhanced CT

This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of enhanced CT scanning and MRI as diagnostic tools for the detection of carcinoma of the liver.

The image diagnostic significance of the liver enhanced CT & MRI scans was examined after a retrospective examination of the imaging data of 51 individuals with liver cancer who were identified with postoperative pathology at the First People's Hospital of Lianyungang between May 2020 to May 2022.

The number of extrahepatic lesions as well as the rate of extrahepatic positive cases were not significantly different between liver contrast-enhanced CT and liver MRI (P > .05); however, the number of intrahepatic lesions and the rate of intrahepatic positive cases were considerably higher for liver MRI than for liver enhanced CT (P < .05). When identifying tumors with a diameter greater than 3 cm, there was no discernible difference between the detection rates of liver enhanced CT and liver MRI (P > .05); however, in the diagnosis of tumors less than 3 cm in diameter, liver MRI had a greater detection rate than liver contrast-enhanced CT (P < .05). Overall, liver MRI had a higher detection rate than liver contrast-enhanced CT (P < .05). Furthermore, when compared to liver contrast-enhanced CT, liver MRI had greater accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, negative predictive value, and positive predictive value (P < .05).

When it comes to detecting liver cancer, liver MRI is more sensitive and specific than liver CT.