CT of pancreas: minimum intensity projections.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this pictorial essay is to showcase the use of minimum intensity projection in the imaging of low attenuation structures such as the pancreatic duct.


CONCLUSIONS
Minimum intensity projection is a valuable adjunct to other processing techniques for the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and cystic tumors of the pancreas.
Salles
Arghavan
A
Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive Room H1307, Stanford, California 94305-5105, USA.
Nino-Murcia
Matilde
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Jeffrey
R Brooke
RB
D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media