Role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions

Figure 1 A case of hepatic metastases of colon cancer. A, B: Dynamic computed tomography of the liver in the portal phase showing multiple metastatic lesions, which are indicated as low-density masses (arrows); C, D: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the same locations as in (A) and (B), clearly showing metastatic lesions as high signal intensities; E, F: After SPIO administration, the background signal intensity of the liver parenchyma was reduced and the signal intensities of the metastatic lesions were seen more clearly.