
doi: 10.1148/rg.e37
Hepatic transarterial interventional therapies such as chemoembolization and radiation embolization are important treatment options for hepatocellular carcinoma. Understanding the anatomy of individual arterial branches and hepatic segments is critical for selecting the correct embolization technique for treatment and to avoid complications. The authors describe the morphologic characteristics of hepatic arterial branches (and their mimickers) and hepatic segments on conventional angiograms. These vessels and segments include the celiac artery, the common and proper hepatic arteries, the left and right hepatic arteries and branches, the caudate lobe, and the portal vein and branches. Mimickers of hepatic arteries include the cystic, accessory left gastric, and right gastric arteries, as well as branches of the left gastric artery that resemble segmental branches of the replaced left hepatic artery. The authors describe how each segmental branch of the hepatic artery and the area it supplies correlates at computed tomography (CT) and angiography. Finally, the authors demonstrate how the vascular anatomy changes with the respiratory cycle by creating a virtual movie from calculations with dynamic CT data, in which the arterial and venous phases are acquired at end expiration and inspiration, respectively. Each segmental branch of the hepatic artery has morphologic characteristics that help distinguish it from mimickers. The location of each hepatic segment can be estimated if the artery supplying the segment can be correctly identified on angiograms. Notably, morphologic differences in the hepatic artery system caused by respiration should be recognized.
Models, Anatomic, Portal Vein, Respiration, Angiography, Contrast Media, Radiography, Interventional, Multimodal Imaging, Motion, Hepatic Artery, Liver, Celiac Artery, Humans, Artifacts, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Models, Anatomic, Portal Vein, Respiration, Angiography, Contrast Media, Radiography, Interventional, Multimodal Imaging, Motion, Hepatic Artery, Liver, Celiac Artery, Humans, Artifacts, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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