Clinical potentials for dynamic contrast-enhanced hepatic volumetric cine imaging with the prototype 256-MDCT scanner.
OBJECTIVE
To achieve dynamic contrast-enhanced hepatic volumetric cine imaging, we developed a prototype 256-MDCT scanner. This study examined the feasibility of the technique for human hepatic imaging in three hepatocellular carcinoma patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Volumetric cine imaging successfully visualized dynamic contrast enhancement of the hepatocellular carcinoma. It is helpful to evaluate the phase of contrast enhancement or for functional studies of the head, renal artery, coronary artery, and liver.
Mori
Shinichiro
S
Department of Medical Physics, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, 263-8555, Japan. shinshin@nirs.go.jp
Obata
Takayuki
T
Kishimoto
Riwa
R
Kato
Hirotoshi
H
Murase
Kenya
K
Fujiwara
Hideaki
H
Kandatsu
Susumu
S
Tanada
Shuji
S
Tsujii
Hirohiko
H
Endo
Masahiro
M
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D007479:Iopamidol; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media; D007479:Iopamidol