| ABDOMINAL MR IMAGING: IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR EVALUATION OF GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT |
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| Department of Radiology University of North Carolina Hospitals Chapel Hill | ||||||||||||||||
| REVIEW ARTICLE |
Gadolinium based contrast agents
(GBCAs) are T1-shortening agents that result in marked elevation of signal on T1-weighted (T1W) images. GBCA enhancement is crucial in the detection and characterization of abdominal diseases. It provides at least two additional imaging properties that facilitate diagnosis: the pattern of blood delivery (i.e., capillary enhancement) and the size and/or rapidity of drainage of the interstitial space (i.e., interstitial enhancement) [1,2]. This review describes important aspects for the achievement of high-quality diagnostic GBCA enhanced images and discusses critical issues related to their optimized
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Department of Radiology
UNC Chapel Hill |
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Phone: (919) 966-9676 Fax: (919) 843-7147 E-mail: richsem@med.unc.edu |
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- Dipartimento di Radiologia Società Scientifica Registrata Ministero della Salute, del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali ECM n. 5607 © S.I.A.E.C.M. All rights reserved |
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