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Abstract #4050

Portal Perfusion Assessment in the Liver with Portal Spin Labeling at 3 Tesla MRI

Takeshi Yoshikawa1, Nobukazu Aoyama2, Yoshiharu Ohno1, Akira Suwa3, Katsusuke Kyotani2, Tomonori Kanda1, Naoki Kanata1, Hisanobu Koyama1, Kazuhiro Kitajima1

1Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; 2Division of Radiology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; 3Philips Electronics Japan, Tokyo, Japan

We developed portal spin labeling technique for evaluation of portal perfusion in the liver and liver tumors and report the initial results in clinical cases.

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