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.
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
Shinichiro
S
Mori
Takayuki
T
Obata
Riwa
R
Kishimoto
Hirotoshi
H
Kato
Kenya
K
Murase
Hideaki
H
Fujiwara
Susumu
S
Kandatsu
Shuji
S
Tanada
Hirohiko
H
Tsujii
Masahiro
M
Endo
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