State of the art 3D MR-cholangiopancreatography for tumor detection.
With the use of current multislice techniques for MR cholangiopancreatography various upper abdominal pathologies including pancreatic carcinoma, Klatskin tumor and metastatic spread can be non invasively depicted. Respiratory gating allows free breathing of the patient, which increases patient comfort, while excellent image quality can be achieved. In this concise pictorial report, state of the art MRCP images of various cancer entities including sequence descriptons are presented.
Bley
Thorsten Alexander
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, D 79106 Freiburg, Germany. thorsten.bley@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Pache
Gregor
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Saueressig
Ulrich
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Frydrychowicz
Alex
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Langer
Mathias
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Schaefer
Oliver
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*