Table 2.
Signal Intensities |
Imaging Sequence | |||||||||||
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T1w pre contrast |
Out of Phase / In Phase |
T2w |
T1w arterial |
T1w portal venous |
T1w delayed (20min) |
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n (%) | SIR | n (%) | SIR | n (%) | SIR | n (%) | SIR | n (%) | SIR | n (%) | SIR | |
Hyperintense | 5 (15%) | 1.29 ± 0.23 | 3 (9%) | 1.11 ± 0.05 | 21 (62%) | 1.48 ± 0.27 | 34 (100%) | 1.65 ± 0.46 | 23 (68%) | 1.19 ± 0.46 | 23 (68%) | 1.23 ± 0.12 |
Isointense | 10 (29%) | 1.01 ± 0.03 | 15 (44%) | 1.00 ± 0.03 | 7 (21%) | 1.01 ±0.02 | 0 | n/a | 10 (29%) | 1.01 ±0.03 | 12 (32%) | 1.00 ± 0.02 |
Hypointense | 18 (53%) | 0.85 ± 0.06 | 10 (29%) | 0.89 ± 0.05 | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a | 1 (3%) | 0.94 | 0 | n/a |
Total | 33* | 28** | 28*** | 34 | 34 | 34 |
SIR: signal intensity ratios
One lesion was not visible on pre-contrast T1w imaging.
Six lesions were not visible on in and out of phase imaging
Six lesions were not visible on T2 weighted imaging