title: Hepatic metastases.
abstract: Metastatic disease is the most common cause of malignant liver lesion in the United States. This article focuses on the MR techniques utilized for evaluation of the liver for metastatic disease, the MR appearance of hepatic metastases, and several contrast agents being developed to further improve detection of focal hepatic lesions by MR imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chezmar
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media