title: MRI of the peritoneum: spectrum of abnormalities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our objective was to detail peritoneal anatomy, techniques for optimizing peritoneal MRI, and the MRI characteristics of several disease processes that frequently involve the peritoneum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Homogeneous fat suppression and dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging, including delayed imaging, are critical technical factors for successful lesion detection and characterization on peritoneal MRI.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. elsayesk@mir.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Khaled M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Elsayes
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Staveteig
authors.forename: Vamsidhar R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Narra
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Leyendecker
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*