2001
MR imaging as the sole preoperative imaging modality for right hepatectomy: a prospective study of living adult-to-adult liver donor candidates.
Lee V, Morgan G, Teperman L, John D, Diflo T, Pandharipande P, Berman P, Lavelle M, Krinsky G, Rofsky N, Schlossberg P, Weinreb J. MR imaging as the sole preoperative imaging modality for right hepatectomy: a prospective study of living adult-to-adult liver donor candidates. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2001, 176: 1475-82. PMID: 11373217, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.176.6.1761475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver donor candidatesSole preoperative imaging modalityPreoperative imaging modalitiesRight hepatectomyDonor candidatesExtrahepatic abnormalitiesConventional angiographyMR imagingPreoperative imaging testsRight lobe transplantationSuccessful right hepatectomyHepatic venous anatomyImaging modalitiesMR angiographic findingsIntrahepatic biliary anatomyBasis of MRMR imaging findingsMR imaging examinationsT2-weighted imagingMeasurements of rightFeasibility of MRCholangiography findingsAngiographic findingsHepatic arteryImaging findings
2000
Hepatic MR Imaging with a Dynamic Contrast-enhanced Isotropic Volumetric Interpolated Breath-hold Examination: Feasibility, Reproducibility, and Technical Quality
Lee V, Lavelle M, Rofsky N, Laub G, Thomasson D, Krinsky G, Weinreb J. Hepatic MR Imaging with a Dynamic Contrast-enhanced Isotropic Volumetric Interpolated Breath-hold Examination: Feasibility, Reproducibility, and Technical Quality. Radiology 2000, 215: 365-72. PMID: 10796909, DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.2.r00ma16365.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdipose TissueAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesContrast MediaFeasibility StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGadolinium DTPAHepatic ArteryHepatic VeinsHumansImage EnhancementImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLiverLiver DiseasesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedPortal VeinQuality ControlReproducibility of ResultsRespirationVena Cava, InferiorConceptsContrast materialMagnetic resonance imaging examinationsPatient underwent repeatVascular anatomic variantsDynamic contrastPortal venous phaseArterial dominanceUnderwent repeatVenous anatomyAnatomic variantsImaging examinationsTest bolusTest doseVenous phaseArterial phaseRepeat studyHepatic MRGadopentetate dimeglumineGradient-echo imagingTechnical qualityEnhanced acquisitionMaximal enhancementBreath-hold imagesOriginal study