title: MR imaging of the pancreas.
abstract: Current MR imaging technology offers the surgeon diagnostic information about pancreatic diseases. This article reviews the basics of MR imaging formation and the rationale for the different types of imaging sequences that comprise a comprehensive pancreaticobiliary examination. Clinical examples include evaluation of pancreatic neoplasms, acute and chronic pancreatitis, and congenital abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Megibow
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lavelle
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Rofsky
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010179:Pancreas / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000473:pathology*