Table 3.

Comparison of the liver/spleen contrast obtained with the 3 scanning protocols to differentiate between child-pugh class A and B

Protocol	Child–Pugh class A (n = 57)	Child–Pugh class B (n = 10)	p value
c-LSC	1.59 (0.93–2.40)	1.42 (1.01–1.77)	0.08
g-LSC	1.59 (0.90–2.54)	1.35 (0.97–1.90)	0.05
i-LSC	2.30 (1.13–5.23)	1.55 (0.97–2.45)	< 0.01

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