MRCP Early Diagnosis of Pancreatobiliary Diseases / by Jinkan Sai, Joe Ariyama.

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is a newly developed noninvasive diagnostic technique for sectional and projectional imaging of the pancreatobiliary tree. Requiring no contrast materials, MRCP provides high-quality 2-D and 3-D images that facilitate early diagnosis and treatment o...

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Main Authors: Sai, Jinkan (Author), Ariyama, Joe (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
Edition:1st ed. 2000.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Concept of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography
  • 1.1 Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography
  • 1.2 Comparison of MRCP with Conventional Cholangiopancreatic Imaging Techniques
  • 1.3 Role and Indications of MRCP
  • References
  • 2 Imaging Techniques of MRCP
  • 2.1 Technical Development
  • 2.2 Imaging Procedures
  • 2.3 Two-dimensional versus three-dimensional images
  • References
  • 3 Biliary Tract
  • 3.1 Normal Biliary Tract
  • 3.2 Anatomic Variants of the Biliary Tree
  • 3.3 Pancreatobiliary Maljunction
  • 3.4 Cholelithiasis
  • 3.5 Acute Cholecystitis
  • 3.6 Adenomyomatosis of the Gallbladder
  • 3.7 Polypoid Lesions of the Gallbladder
  • 3.8 Carcinomas of the Biliary Tract
  • 3.9 Benign Stenosis of the Bile Duct
  • 3.10 Biliary-Enteric Anastomoses
  • 3.11 Other Biliary Tract Conditions
  • References
  • 4 The Pancreas
  • 4.1 Normal Pancreatic Duct
  • 4.2 Pancreas Divisum
  • 4.3 Pancreatitis
  • 4.4 Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas
  • 4.5 Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas 114 References
  • 5 The Liver
  • 5.1 Simple Hepatic Cysts
  • 5.2 Hepatic Peribiliary Cysts and Polycystic Kidney
  • 5.3 Von Meyenburg Complexes (Microhamartomas)
  • 5.4 Biliary Cystadenoma and Cystadenocarcinoma
  • 5.5 Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
  • 5.6 Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • 5.7 Pyogenic Liver Abscesses
  • References
  • 6 Applications of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography
  • 6.1 Dynamic MRCP by Secretin Injection
  • 6.2 Measurement of Volume of Pancreatic Juice Secretion
  • 6.3 MR Virtual Cholangiopancreatoscopy
  • References.