title: [Analysis of three-dimensional imaging of the right hepatic vein and right portal vein branch using 2D-TOF MR angiography: evaluation of utility of MR angiography in determining puncture course on TIPS].
abstract: 2D-TOF MR angiographies were performed in seven patients of liver cirrhosis with hepatocellular carcinoma to investigate three-dimensional anatomical relationships of the right hepatic vein and first order of right portal vein branch. The puncture course was set up in three-dimensional rectangular coordinates, and the bend angle and turning angle of the modified Ross needle, and puncture distance were calculated of the data measured on the A-P and L-R projection images of MR angiograms. The utility and limitation of 2 D-TOF MR angiography to determine the puncture course on TIPS were discussed in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imaeda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamawaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Doi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical