Objective: This review focuses on the role of state-of-the-art MRI-based techniques for comprehensive evaluation of living donors providing single-visit assessment of the liver vasculature via MR angiography, of the biliary tract via conventional T2-weighted MR cholangiography and T1-weighted gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MR cholangiography, and of hepatic steatosis via T2*-corrected multiecho chemical shift-based water-fat separation MRI and high-speed T2-corrected multiecho MR spectroscopy.
Conclusion: By using current state-of-the-art techniques, MRI can provide a one-stop-shop method for evaluation of the potential living liver donors.
Keywords: MRI; biliary anatomy; hepatic steatosis; hepatic vasculature; liver transplant; living donor.