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Table 3 Correlation of MRI signal intensity with HBS

From: Assessing regional hepatic function changes after hypertrophy induction by radioembolisation: comparison of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI and ^99mTc-mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy

	Right liver lobe		Left liver lobe		Total liver
	Correlation	p-value	Correlation	p-value	Correlation	p-value
Baseline
LSR	0.597	0.001*	0.349	0.051	0.635	< 0.001*
LMR	0.353	0.049*	0.464	0.013*	0.473	0.011*
Follow-up
LSR	0.483	0.010*	0.359	0.046*	0.462	0.013*
LMR	0.644	< 0.001*	0.540	0.004*	0.679	< 0.001*

HBS Hepatobillary scintigraphy, LMR Liver-to-muscle-ratio, LSR Liver-to-spleen-ratio, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
^*p-values with statistical significance

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