title: Pancreatic imaging. New modalities.
abstract: This article discusses the techniques and applications of the newest pancreatic cross-sectional imaging modalities. The specific modalities that are discussed include helical computed tomography with dual phase imaging and three-dimensional computer rendering techniques, magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic and intraductal pancreatic sonography, and radionuclide scintigraphy using positron emission scanning and somatostatin-receptor imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA. patrick_freeny@oscar.rad.washington.edu
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Freeny
mesh_terms: D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed