This review describes the application of 2 nuclear imaging techniques for assessment of
hepatic function in the setting of liver surgery and transplantation. The biochemical and …

Preoperative assessment of liver function and prediction of postoperative functional reserve
are important in patients scheduled for liver resection. While determination of absolute liver …

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credit, participants can access this activity on page 15A or on the SNM Web site (http://www …

Background/aims: The indocyanine green (ICG) clearance test is the most frequently used
test for preoperative assessment of liver parenchymal function but has its limitations. The …

Objective: The aims of this study were to use dynamic hepatocyte-specific contrast-
enhanced MRI to evaluate liver volume and function in liver cirrhosis, correlate the results …

Background & Aims This study aimed to determine whether the predicted remnant liver
function on dynamic hepatocyte-specific contrast media-enhanced magnetic resonance …

Purpose To assess the feasibility to use dynamic hepatocyte‐specific contrast‐enhanced
MRI (DHCE‐MRI) as an imaging‐based liver function test, and to compare two methods for …

Abstract Objectives Gd-EOB-DTPA (gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriaminepentaacetic
acid) is a gadolinium-based hepatocyte-specific contrast agent for magnetic resonance …

Technetium‐99m‐labeled iminodiacetic acid analogs are a new class of organic anions,
taken up and secreted by hepatocyte into hepatic bile by a carrier‐mediated organic anion …

Deoxyelephantopin (DET) is an abundant sesquiterpene lactone isolated from an
anecdotally hepatoprotective phytomedicine, Elephantopus scaber. Our objective in this …