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Focal liver lesions are present in more than 5 % of the population and are often detected incidentally when an imaging study is performed for another reason (Table 8.1). In 40 % of cases, it is not possible to categorize such incidental lesions adequately by imaging (Strobel and Bernatik 2006). Liver lesions are especially challenging for the radiologist interpreting whole-body screening MRI studies, which typically only include non-contrast-enhanced pulse sequences. With unenhanced MR images, only a crude characterization of focal liver lesions is possible.

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Kühn, JP., Lühken, C. (2014). The Abdomen. In: Puls, R., Hosten, N. (eds) Whole-body MRI Screening. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55201-4_8

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