Relative Liver Enhancement (RLE) |
$RLE10=\frac{(\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSI10 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }-\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSIPRE) }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSIPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}$ |
RLE10 and RLE20: RLE at 10- and 20-min HBP |
$RLE20=\frac{(\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSI20 - LSIPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ })}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSIPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}$ |
LSIpre, LSI10 and LSI20: Liver signal intensity pre-contrast, at 10- and 20-min HBP, respectively |
Liver to Spleen Contrast Ratio (LSCR) |
$LSCRpre\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }=\frac{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSIPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ SSIPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}$ |
LSCRpre LSCR10 and LSCR20r: LSCR pre-contrast, at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
$LSCR10=\frac{\text{LSI}10}{\text{SSI}10}$ |
LSIpre, LSI10 and LSI20: Liver signal intensity pre-contrast, at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
$LSCR\text{20 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }=\frac{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSI20 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ SSI20 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}$ |
SSIpre, SSI10 and SSI20: Spleen signal intensity pre-contrast, at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
Liver to muscle Contrast Ratio (LMCR) |
$LMCRpre\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }=\frac{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSIPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ MSIPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}$ |
LMCRpre, LMCR10 and LMCR20r: LMCR pre-contrast, at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
$LMCR10=\frac{\text{LSI}10}{\text{MSI}10}$ |
LSIpre, LSI10 and LSI20: Liver signal intensity pre-contrast, at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
$LMCR\text{20 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }=\frac{\text{LSI}20}{\text{MSI}20}$ |
MSIpre, MSI10 and MSI20: Muscle signal intensity pre-contrast, at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
Liver to Kidney Contrast Ratios (LKCR) |
$LKCRpre\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }=\frac{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSIPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ KSIPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}$ |
LKCR LKCR and LKCR: LKCR pre-contrast, at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively pre, 10 20r |
$LKCR10=\frac{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSI10 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ KSI10 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}$ |
LSIpre, LSI10 and LSI20: Liver signal intensity pre-contrast, at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
$LKCR\text{20 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }=\frac{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSI20 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ KSI20 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}$ |
KSIpre, KSI10 and KSI20: Kidney signal intensity pre-contrast, at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
Contrast Enhancement Index (CEI) |
$\text{CEI10 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }=\frac{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }LMCR\text{10 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LMCRPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}$ |
- LMCRpre, LMCR10 and LMCR20r: LMCR pre-contrast, at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
$\text{CEI20 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }=\frac{LMCR20}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LMCRPRE }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}$ |
- CEI10 and CEI20: Contrast Enhancement Index at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
Hepatic Uptake index (HUI) |
$\text{HU}{{\text{I}}_{10}}=\text{VO}{{\text{L}}_{\text{LIVER }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}}\left( \frac{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ LSI10 }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}{\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ SSI10}} \right)-1$ |
- HUI10 and HUI20: Hepatic Uptake index at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
$\text{HU}{{\text{L}}_{20}}=\text{VO}{{\text{L}}_{\text{LIVER }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }}}\left( \frac{5120}{58120} \right)=1$ |
LSI10 and LSI20: Liver signal intensity at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |
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SSI10 and SSI20: Spleen signal intensity at 10- and 20- min HBP, respectively |