MRI versus 64-row MDCT for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 3 Results of consensus reading of MDCT and MRI: No. of detected tumour nodules by MDCT and MRI depending on tumour size scaling

		MRI
		Negative	≤ 5 mm	≤ 10 mm	≤ 15 mm	≤ 20 mm	> 20 mm	Total
	Negative		5	17	12	4	1	39
	≤ 5 mm		2	21	21			6
	≤ 10 mm	2		13	111	41		30
MDCT	≤ 15 mm	1		12	12	111	41	29
	≤ 20 mm					3	91	12
	> 20 mm						46	46
	Total	3	7	33	37	22	60	162

¹Nodules which appeared greater in MRI compared to CT;

²Only the single nodule was bigger in CT compared to MRI.