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- The article reviews discussions from the Fifth International Forum for Liver MRI, emphasizing the use of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI in liver diagnostics.
- Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI demonstrates high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing liver tumors, particularly benefiting the characterization of borderline lesions during hepatobiliary phase imaging.
- There is a call for standardized criteria to improve the interpretation of this imaging technique, especially for patients with cirrhosis or elevated risk for hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Objective: This article reviews topics discussed during the Fifth International Forum for Liver MRI (with a focus on gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI), which was held in Munich, Germany, in September 2011.
Conclusion: Growing evidence shows that gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI has high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing liver tumors. Hepatobiliary phase imaging adds new information for the characterization of borderline lesions. However, there is a need to develop standardized criteria for interpretation of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI in patients with cirrhosis or other risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma.
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