title: Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System: an expert consensus statement.
abstract: The increasing incidence and high morbidity and mortality of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have inspired the creation of the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS). LI-RADS aims to reduce variability in exam interpretation, improve communication, facilitate clinical therapeutic decisions, reduce omission of pertinent information, and facilitate the monitoring of outcomes. LI-RADS is a dynamic process, which is updated frequently. In this article, we describe the LI-RADS 2014 version (v2014), which marks the second update since the initial version in 2011.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Khaled M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Elsayes
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Ania Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Kielar
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Agrons
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Janio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szklaruk
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Radio-Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: An
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Mustafa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Donald G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Do
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Kathryn J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chernyak
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Claude B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Sirlin
keywords: cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; hyperenhancement washout; imaging; reporting