title: Hilar and suprapancreatic cholangiocarcinoma: value of 3D angiography and multiphase fusion images using MDCT.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We evaluated the feasibility of creating 3D and multiphase fusion images of cholangiocarcinoma. The 3D rendering of the biliary tree provide valuable information for planning surgery, including the location of the obstruction and its relationship to the surrounding vessels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data emphasize that 3D and multiphase fusion images may be an accurate and routinely applicable tool for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of patients with biliary system abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume City, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan. krumf@med.krume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Naofumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shinagawa
authors.forename: Naofumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayabuchi
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuda
mesh_terms: D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*