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FIGURE 5. Summed images of patient 15 from 150 to 350 s after intravenous injection of 80 MBq of 99mTc-mebrofenin preoperatively (A), 1 d postoperatively after left-sided hemihepatectomy (B), and 3 mo postoperatively (C). Images are normalized to the preoperative HBS. In A, an ROI is drawn over the entire liver (black), the future remnant liver (white), and the mediastinal blood pool (bl). The ROIs were copied on the HBS performed 1 d and 3 mo postoperatively. The total liver function was 10.30%/min, and the RLF was estimated at 8.99%/min on preoperative HBS. The measured RLF 1 d postoperatively was 9.30%/min. After 3 mo, liver function recovered to 11.79%/min, with hypertrophy visible on HBS.
