MR-arterioportography: A new technical approach for detection of liver lesions

Table 3 Number of lesions detected in MR-arterioportography and magnetic resonance imaging

Patient	Age (yr)	MR-APnumber of lesions∑102/103		Double-enhanced MRI number of lesions∑60/56
		Reader 1	Reader 2	Reader 1	Reader 2
1	62	9	9	5	4
2	47	7	8	2	2
3	70	4	5	2	2
4	74	7	8	4	3
5	51	3	3	3	3
6	76	1	2	1	1
7	70	6	6	9	8
81	63	-	-	(7)	(7)
9	70	4	4	2	2
10	63	9	8	2	2
11	51	9	8	6	5
12	63	10	11	3	2
13	57	6	6	2	2
14	67	5	4	4	5
15	51	4	3	3	2
16	53	0	0	1	1
17	51	2	2	2	2
18	54	5	6	3	3
19	57	9	8	4	4
20	73	2	2	3	3

¹Patient No. 8 was excluded from the evaluation for diffuse infiltration of virtually all liver segments. P = 0.0024 (relation of the number of lesions detected in MR-AP and MRI). MR-AP: MR-arterioportography; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.