title: A novel preoperative fusion analysis using three-dimensional MDCT combined with three-dimensional MRI for patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the anatomical relationship between the tumor, portal veins, hepatic arteries, and hilar hepatic ducts at the hepatic hilum using a novel preoperative fusion analysis for patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma. This involved combining three-dimensional multidetector-row computed tomography with three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging. This novel fusion imaging technique can play an important clinical role for patients undergoing surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organ Transplantation, Gastroenterology and Hepato-biliary Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oshiro
authors.forename: Ryoko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nasu
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohkohchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods