title: Multiplanar reformations and minimum intensity projections using multi-detector row CT for assessing anomalies and disorders of the pancreaticobiliary tree.
abstract: CT scan is regarded as the imaging modality of choice in patients with pancreaticobiliary ductal abnormalities. However, the axial orientation of the CT images provides only limited anatomical view of pancreaticobiliary ductal abnormalities. The technological advances of multi-detector row CT and three-dimensional image processing in workstations allows rapid image acquisition and a short postprocessing time. In particular, multiplanar reformations (MPR) and minimum intensity projections (MinIP) offer rapid and accurate images of the anatomy and abnormalities of the pancreaticobiliary tree. Moreover, MPR and MinIP help determine the relationship between the pancreaticobiliary ductal anatomy and the surrounding structures. This pictorial review illustrates the wide spectrum of images obtained by the MPR and MinIP of the anomalies and disorders of the pancreaticobiliary tree.
authors: Department of Radiology, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung-Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134-727, Republic of Korea. khcppp@lycos.co.kr
authors: Hyun Cheol
authors: HC
authors: Kim
authors: Dal Mo
authors: DM
authors: Yang
authors: Wook
authors: W
authors: Jin
authors: Chang Woo
authors: CW
authors: Ryu
authors: Jung Kyu
authors: JK
authors: Ryu
authors: Sung Il
authors: SI
authors: Park
authors: Seong Jin
authors: SJ
authors: Park
authors: Hyeong Cheol
authors: HC
authors: Shin
authors: Il Young
authors: IY
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002758:Cholangiography; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
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