title: Imaging the liver.
abstract: Imaging of the liver is undertaken for the detection and characterization of suspected primary or secondary neoplasms, prior to planning a surgery or chemotherapy pump placement, for assessing treatment response, for evaluating biliary pathology, and for screening for liver neoplasms in high-risk groups. In this article, we review the advantages and disadvantages of various imaging modalities in the evaluation of the liver and formulate guidelines for the imaging of common clinical indications. A brief review of imaging findings in focal and diffuse liver disease is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, White 270, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. dsahani@partners.org
authors.forename: Dushyant V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Sahani
authors.forename: Sanjeeva P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kalva
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology