Equilibrium phase images of the liver using a contrast-enhancement boost instead of the portal vein phase

Figure 3 Examples of clinical images of two patients used in the evaluation. A: Images of a 51-year-old woman, equilibrium phase (EP) image; B: Images of a 51-year-old woman, contrast enhancement boost (CE-boost) of EP image (the image noise was reduced by smoothing during the CE-boost process); C: Images of a 78-year-old-man, EP image; D: Images of a 78-year-old-man, CE-boost of EP image, however, after the CE-boost processing, the high-signal noise seen in the EP is emphasized and more prominent in image.