Optimization of hepatobiliary phase delay time of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for identification of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis of different degrees of severity

Figure 3 Visibility of a hepatocellular carcinoma focus at different hepatobiliary phase delay time points in a patient with Child-Pugh A cirrhosis. An HCC focus of 0.8 cm × 0.8 cm was found in the right rear lobe of the liver in a 53-year-old female patient with cirrhosis caused by chronic hepatitis B. Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging shows a strong contrast between liver parenchyma and HCC focus presenting as obvious hypointensity (+++). The contrast at DT-10 is enough to identify the HCC focus. HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.