Introduction to Liver MRI for Surgeons - Diagnosis of Metastatic Liver Cancer -

Introduction to Liver MRI for Surgeons
- Diagnosis of Metastatic Liver Cancer -

Editorial Supervision

Satoshi Goshima MD, Department of Radiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Etsuro Hatano MD, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

Images required by surgeons

Treatment strategies for colorectal liver metastasis
Investigations to determine treatment strategy and surgical procedure
Precautions for liver resection after conversion
Patients difficult to diagnose by CT

Imaging investigations used in liver tumor diagnosis and liver MRI basics (1)

Imaging investigations used to diagnose liver tumors
Diagnostic imaging guidelines on EOB-MRI for metastatic liver cancer diagnosis

Imaging investigations used in liver tumor diagnosis and liver MRI basics (2)

MR images of liver anatomy and surrounding organs
MR images of liver segments

Imaging investigations used in liver tumor diagnosis and liver MRI basics (3)

Typical types of liver MRI image
Detecting metastatic liver cancer with EOB-MRI

MRI findings for metastatic liver cancer and liver tumors that require careful differentiation (1)

Metastatic liver cancer
Hemangioma
Liver abscess
Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome（SOS）
Hepatocellular adenoma

MRI findings for metastatic liver cancer and liver tumors that require careful differentiation (2)

Typical signal patterns and MR images of metastatic liver cancer and liver tumors that require careful differentiation

One Point

One Point 1Reports of liver metastases that disappeared after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for colorectal liver metastasis
One Point 2Reported changes in treatment strategy due to EOB-MRI

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