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. 2022 Apr 13;23(6):598–614. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2021.0896

Table 3. Summary of AMRI Studies Performed in a Surveillance Setting.

Study Year Study Design Country Sample Size M/C Etiology (%) LC (%) HCC (%) Sens (%) Spec (%) Detected HCC Size (cm) Sequences Sequence Details
1.5T* 3T*
HBP-AMRI
Marks et al. [51] 2015 R USA 298 HCV (51.0) NR 16.4 83.7 93.2 1.0–1.9: 28.6%, ≥ 2.0: 71.4% HBP
DWI (FB) b = 0, 300–400 b = 0, 500–600
T2WI TE 78–120 TE 68–97
Tillman et al. [52] 2018 R USA 79 HBV (41.8) 64.6 16.5 85.2 NR Median, 2.1 (range, 1.1–10) HBP
T2WI TE 90–95 TE 80–90
Brunsing et al. [16] 2019 R USA 141 HCV (42.6) 92.9 8.5 92.0 91.0 Range, 1.1–4.3 HBP
DWI (FB) - b = 0–50, 500, 1000
T2WI - TE 70–100
Vietti Violi et al. [17] 2020 R USA 237 HCV (25.7) 87.3 5.5 80.8 94.9 Mean, 3.4 (range, 1–12) HBP
DWI (FB) b = 50, 400, 800 b = 50, 400, 800
T2WI TE 227–240 TE 180–228
Park et al. [53] 2021 R Korea 382 HBV (72.3) 100.0 11.3 86.0 95.6 Mean, 1.6 HBP
DWI (RT) b = 0, 50, 500 -
T2WI TE 154 -
DCE-AMRI
Vietti Violi et al. [17] 2020 R USA 237 HCV (25.7) 87.3 5.5 84.6 99.8 Mean, 3.4 (range, 1–12) T1w DCE Gadoxetic acid Gadoxetic acid
T2WI TE 227–240 TE 180–228
NE-AMRI
Sutherland et al. [77] 2017 P Australia 192 HBV (56.0) NR 3.0 83.0 98.0 Range, 0.8–3.1 DWI (RT) b = 100, 400, 800
Vietti Violi et al. [17] 2020 R USA 237 HCV (25.7) 87.3 5.5 61.5 95.5 Mean, 3.4 (range, 1–12) DWI (FB) b = 50, 400, 800 b = 50, 400, 800
T2WI TE 227–240 TE 180–228
Park et al. [27] 2020 R Korea 382 HBV (72.3) 100.0 11.3 79.1 97.9 Mean, 1.6 DWI (RT) b = 0, 50, 500 -
T2WI TE 154 -
Ahmed et al. [82] 2020 P Egypt 41 HCV (100.0) 100.0 24.3 100.0 100.0 NR DWI (NR) b = 0, 200, 800 -
T2WI NR -
Choi et al. [81] 2020 P Korea 161 HBV (72.3) 100.0 19.3 71.0 NR NR DWI (NR) - b = 0, 50, 500
T2WI - NR
T1W IP/OP

*TE in msec and b-value in s/mm2, Field strength was not reported, Diagnostic performance from three repetitive rounds of annual NE-AMRI. AMRI = abbreviated MRI, AP = arterial phase, DCE = dynamic contrast enhanced, DWI = diffusion-weighted imaging, FB = free-breathing, HBP = hepatobiliary-phase, HBV = Hepatitis B virus, HCC = hepatocellular carcinoma, HCV = Hepatitis C virus, IP/OP = in/opposed phases, LC = prevalence of liver cirrhosis, M/C = most common, NE = non-enhanced, NR = not reported, P = prospective, PVP = portal venous phase, R = retrospective, RT = respiratory triggered, Sens = sensitivity, Spec = specificity, TE = echo time, TP = transitional phase, TR = repetition time