title: MR imaging of the peritoneum and abdominal wall.
abstract: Knowledge of the peritoneal cavity and the peritoneal folds that subdivide it is useful in evaluating for the presence and spread of disease processes that affect the peritoneum. Many disease processes of the peritoneum and abdominal wall are well evaluated with MR imaging, especially as MR techniques improve. In some cases, information is obtained that is not available with other imaging techniques.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Balfe
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010388:Pelvis / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*