Contrast Agents in Liver Imaging

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Functional Cytoarchitecture of the Normal Liver and Focal Liver Lesions

   • F. Borchard

   Pages 1-11

3. Sonography of Focal Liver Lesions

   • S. Delorme

   Pages 13-26

4. Spiral CT of the Liver

   • Gregory T. Sica, Marla Polger

   Pages 27-31

5. Imaging of Hepatic Neoplasms in Patients with Diffuse Liver Disease

   • Udo P. Schmiedl, Patrick C. Freeny

   Pages 33-43

6. Detection of Liver Lesions: CT-Arterial Portogrophy vs Contrast-Enhanced CT and MRI

   • M. E. Bernardino

   Pages 45-49

7. Surgical Aspects in the Imaging of Focal Hepatic Lesions

   • Burckhardt Ringe, Arved Weimann, Rudolf Pichlmayr

   Pages 51-57

8. Potentials of New MRI Contrast Agents in the Characterization of Liver Malignancies

   • G. Marchal, Y. Ni

   Pages 59-66

9. Focal Liver Lesions: Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Pathological Correlation

   • Pablo R. Ros

   Pages 67-83

10. Use of Contrast Agents in the Detection and Differentiation of Focal Liver Lesions by Mr Imaging: Gd-DTPA, Mn-DPDP and Iron Oxide

    • B. Hamm, M. Taupitz

    Pages 85-89

11. Future Techniques in Mr Imaging of the Liver: Echo Planar Imaging

    • Jochen Gaa, Sanjay Saini

    Pages 91-96

12. Back Matter

    Pages 97-101

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Recent advances in surgical procedures for the management of focal liver diseases have greatly increased the demand for diagnostic accuracy. So far these demands have been only partially met by further technical developments such as colour coded duplex sonography, spiral CT and marked improvements in magnetic resonance imaging. It is becoming increasingly clear that liver specific contrast media are essential for utilizing these technical developments to their fullest advantage in patient care.
Against this background, a workshop was held to explore the current methods of diagnostic imaging of the liver and to try and establish a profile for the future liver specific contrast media.
The pathologist's introductory and general overview is followed by chapters on the individual imaging procedures such as ultrasound, CT and MRI, so that each of the three is given the attention it deserves. The book will be of interest to radiologists from the various disciplines, and also those who plan and perform therapies, particularly surgeons and internists.

• Internist
• computed tomography (CT)
• diagnosis
• diagnostics
• ultrasound
• Diagnostic Radiology

• Clinical Development Diagnostics, Magnetic Resonance and Ultrasound Contrast Media, Schering AG, Berlin, Germany

  T. Balzer, H.-P. Niendorf

• Department of Radiology, Charité Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

  B. Hamm

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