title: Perfusion measurement in acute pancreatitis using dynamic perfusion MDCT.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our objective was to determine whether MDCT with perfusion imaging could help in assessing the severity of acute pancreatitis in the initial phase of the disease. One hundred six patients with abdominal pain were prospectively enrolled in this study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients were separated into two groups: P1 (severe) and P2 (mild) acute pancreatitis. Mean perfusion value was 24.8 mL/100 mL/min in the P1 group and 50.5 mL/100 mL/min in the P2 group (p = 0.0016, significant). Our preliminary data suggest that pancreatic perfusion measurement using MDCT with perfusion imaging could help in assessing the severity of acute pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Rue Micheli-du-Crest 24, Geneva, Switzerland 1205.
authors.forename: Pierre E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Bize
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Platon
authors.forename: Christoph D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Pierre-Alexandre
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Poletti
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media