title: Multislice CT cholangiography using thin-slab minimum intensity projection and multiplanar reformation in the evaluation of patients with suspected biliary obstruction: preliminary experience.
abstract: Thirty-three patients with suspected biliary obstruction were prospectively evaluated with multislice CT cholangiography using thin-slab minimum intensity projection (MinIP) and multiplanar reformation (MPR) to determine its usefulness and to compare with the comparative studies of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC), magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC), or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC). CT cholangiography made correct diagnoses in all biliary obstructions except in two patients with common bile duct stones. The correspondence with the comparative study was 93.9%. Multislice CT cholangiography may be favorable in noninvasive evaluation of biliary obstructions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan Hospital, Bongmyeong-Dong, Cheonan-Si, Chungcheongnam, Republic of Korea. khcppp@empal.com
authors.forename: Hyun Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seong Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sung Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sang Heum
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyun Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyeong Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Won Kyung
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Il Young
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hae Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed