Recent progress of diagnostic imaging in evaluating pancreaticobiliary malignancies

Hiroyuki Irie, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Tsuyoshi Tajima, Akihiro Nishie, Masakazu Hirakawa, Kousei Ishigami, Yasuhiro Ushijima, Daisuke Okamoto, Hiroshi Honda

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Abstract

The increasing number of multislice CT detectors enables isotropic voxels, and ideal three-dimensional (3 D) images can be obtained easily. High-quality CTA and MPR are useful in diagnosing pancreaticobiliary diseases, and curved-MPR images serve to increase diagnostic accuracy in pancreaticobiliary malignancies. 3 D data acquisition has become a routine technique on MRI, and 3 D-dynamic study and 3 D-MRCP have become very effective diagnostic tools of MRI. It is expected that diffusion-weighted MRI can play an important role in diagnosing pancreaticobiliary malignancies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1361-1364
Number of pages4
JournalGan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Volume34
Issue number9
Publication statusPublished - 2007

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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