title: Liver masses.
abstract: In summary, MR imaging is superior to other imaging modalities, including CT, for the work-up of liver masses. The current challenge is whether the superior performance of MR imaging translates into a beneficial effect on patient management, disease outcome, and health care costs. New MR sequences, phased-array surface coils, and tissue-specific MR contrast agents suggest that MR imaging may exceed further the diagnostic ability of CT.
authors.affiliation: Section of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. s.hussain@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Shahid M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Semelka
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media