title: Magnetic resonance cholangiography.
abstract: Magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) can be performed with data from a routine imaging protocol, without the need for additional pulse sequences or special equipment. We studied three patients with obstructive jaundice who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the liver. T2-weighted fat suppressed fast spin-echo sequences were processed with a maximum intensity projection algorithm to create three-dimensional images of the dilated portions of the biliary tree. Results were correlated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and computed tomography. These images compared favorably with those acquired on scanners in which special breath-holding gradient echo protocols are used.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, MA 02130, USA.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pedrosa
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Robbins
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002758:Cholangiography; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed