title: [MR imaging during arterio-portography (MR-AP) in the detection of hepatic cancer].
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging during arterio-portography (MR-AP) was performed in 2 patients of hepatic cancer. Low dose of meglumine gadopentetate (4 ml of a 0.5 mmol/L solution) was injected into a superior mesenteric artery during acquisition of a Turbo-FLASH sequence. An increase in liver to lesion contrast was obtained with MR-AP and it is also useful in the late phase to distinguish a flow defect lesion due to portal obstruction from the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kagoshima University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kajiya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kajiya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyazono
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kanetsuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukushima
mesh_terms: D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011172:Portography / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA