title: Assessment of hepatic function with Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced hepatic MRI.
abstract: Assessment of hepatic function is essential in determining the prognosis and clinical management of a patient who has chronic liver disease or undergoes liver surgery. For a patient with locally varying hepatic parenchymal abnormalities, a regional assessment of hepatic function mapped onto hepatic anatomy is clinically more meaningful than conventional global metrics of hepatic function. Of late, hepatic magnetic resonance imaging has been increasingly used because of its superb tissue contrast and delineation of hepatic morphology and underlying abnormalities. The introduction of hepatocyte-specific contrast agents such as Gd-EOB-DTPA allows us to view not only the hepatic anatomy but also assess regional hepatic function. In this article, we review and discuss recently published studies that used Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate hepatic function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Eun
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: So Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyoung Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyung Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Won
authors.forename: Yong Moon
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Pyo Nyun
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Moon-Gyu
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; C073590:gadolinium ethoxybenzyl DTPA; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA