Diagnostic efficacy of radionuclide imaging in liver diseases

The present state of diagnostic efficacy of radionuclide imaging in liver diseases was discussed. In the detection of focal lesions in the liver, combined study of radionuclide imaging and ultrasound or computed tomography was necessary to screen out. In the evaluation of diffuse parenchymal changes in the liver, radionuclide imaging was accepted as a screening procedure, because of the feasibility of functional as well as anatomical evaluation. And hepatobiliary imaging was still necessary to separate patients with totally obstructed biliary flow from those with patent flow, if ultrasound or computed tomography showed no evidence of obstruction. (author)