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===Choice of modality===
Initial tumor detection:
'''[[CT of the liver]]''', often as part of a general [[abdominal CT]], is generally the investigation of choice to look for metastases of recently diagnosed cancers in the abdomen.<ref name="LinckeZech2017">{{cite journal|last1=Lincke|first1=Therese|last2=Zech|first2=Christoph J.|title=Liver metastases: Detection and staging|journal=European Journal of Radiology|volume=97|year=2017|pages=76–82|issn=0720048X|doi=10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.10.016}}</ref>
*''MRI of liver tumors'' is reserved for those patients unable to receive intravenous contrast or with a fatty liver.<ref name="Oliva2004"/>
*'''[[Ultrasonography of liver tumors]]s''' is indicated in patients with chronic liver disease that increases the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.<ref name="Oliva2004">{{cite journal|last1=Oliva|first1=Maria Raquel|title=Liver cancer imaging: role of CT, MRI, US and PET|journal=Cancer Imaging|volume=4|issue=Special Issue A|year=2004|pages=S42–S46|issn=1470-7330|doi=10.1102/1470-7330.2004.0011}}</ref>
Initial tumor detection:
'''[[CT of the liver]]''', often as part of a general [[abdominal CT]], is generally the investigation of choice to look for metastases of recently diagnosed cancers in the abdomen.<ref name="LinckeZech2017">{{cite journal|last1=Lincke|first1=Therese|last2=Zech|first2=Christoph J.|title=Liver metastases: Detection and staging|journal=European Journal of Radiology|volume=97|year=2017|pages=76–82|issn=0720048X|doi=10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.10.016}}</ref>
*''MRI of liver tumors'' is reserved for those patients unable to receive intravenous contrast or with a fatty liver.<ref name="Oliva2004"/>
*'''[[Ultrasonography of liver tumors]]s''' is indicated in patients with chronic liver disease that increases the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.<ref name="Oliva2004">{{cite journal|last1=Oliva|first1=Maria Raquel|title=Liver cancer imaging: role of CT, MRI, US and PET|journal=Cancer Imaging|volume=4|issue=Special Issue A|year=2004|pages=S42–S46|issn=1470-7330|doi=10.1102/1470-7330.2004.0011}}</ref>
