Nobuhiro Fujita, Yasuhiro Ushijima, Keisuke Ishimatsu, Daisuke Okamoto, Noriaki Wada, Seiichiro Takao, Ryo Murayama, Masahiro Itoyama, Noboru Harada, Junki Maehara, Yoshinao Oda, Kousei Ishigami, Akihiro Nishie
PURPOSE: To elucidate how precisely microvascular invasion (MVI) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can be predicted using multiparametric assessment of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI. METHODS: In this retrospective single-center study, patients who underwent liver resection or transplantation of HCC were evaluated. Data obtained in patients who underwent liver resection were used as the training set. Nine kinds of MR findings for predicting MVI were compared between HCCs with and without MVI by univariate analysis, followed by multiple logistic regression analysis...
February 15, 2024: Abdominal Radiology