title: MRI in the workup of biliary tract filling defects.
abstract: Recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have made imaging the biliary tract faster while providing excellent anatomic reproduction of this duct system. MRI/MR-cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has now become the first-line imaging procedure for many biliary tract problems. This work briefly discusses the MR techniques for biliary tree imaging and reviews MRI's role in the numerous diagnoses of filling defects in the biliary tract.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Virginia Hospitals and Physicians, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Eason
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Jinxing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000473:pathology*; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans