Table 2.

Liver/spleen contrast obtained with the 3 scanning protocols

	c-LSC	g-LSC	i-LSC	p value
				c-LSC vs. g-LSC	c-LSC vs. i-LSC	g-LSC vs. i-LSC
All (n = 67)	1.57 (0.93–2.40)	1.56 (0.90–2.54)	2.25 (0.97–5.23)	0.19	< 0.01	< 0.01
Child-Pugh class A (n = 57)	1.59 (0.93–2.40)	1.59 (0.90–2.54)	2.30 (1.13–5.23)	0.21	< 0.01	< 0.01
Child-Pugh class B (n = 10)	1.42 (1.01–1.77)	1.35 (0.97–1.90)	1.55 (0.97–2.45)	0.72	0.03	0.03

Data are the median (range)

c-LSC: liver/spleen contrast at conventional hepatobiliary-phase (HBP) scanning

g-LSC: liver/spleen contrast at HBP scanning with g-denoising

i-LSC: liver/spleen contrast at HBP scanning with g-denoising and intracellular enhancement technique