title: Suspected pancreatic cancer: evaluation by dynamic gadolinium-enhanced 3D gradient-echo MRI.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of gadolinium-enhanced 3D gradient-echo (GRE) MR images in the detection of pancreatic cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dynamic gadolinium-enhanced 3D GRE images are both sensitive and specific in the detection of pancreatic cancer. Our study shows that the identification of pancreatic cancer using these images can be performed with a high degree of confidence and accuracy, making them very useful in the detection of pancreatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Birchard
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Semelka
authors.forename: W Brian
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Hyslop
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Armao
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Firat
authors.forename: Georgeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vaidean
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; C064925:gadodiamide; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA