title: Abdominal MDCT: liver, pancreas, and biliary tract.
abstract: Multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) enables rapid thin-section acquisition of regional body anatomy. MDCT is adapted to hepatic and pancreatic imaging to produce, in appropriate clinical circumstances, a multipass multiplanar study obtained during defined circulatory phases to best outline vasculature and detect and characterize focal parenchymal lesions. In this chapter, a rational approach to hepatic and pancreatic MDCT acquisition is outlined with emphasis on circulatory phases and contrast material pharmacokinetics as well as biological characteristics of focal parenchymal lesions.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Radiology, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. dfoley@mcw.edu
authors.forename: W Dennis
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: Ulku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kerimoglu
mesh_terms: D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011168:Portal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media