Abdominal MDCT: liver, pancreas, and biliary tract

Multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) enables rapid thin-section acquisition of regional body anatomy. MDCT is adapted to hepatic and pancreatic imaging to produce, in appropriate clinical circumstances, a multipass multiplanar study obtained during defined circulatory phases to best outline...

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Published in:Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MRI CT, and MRI, 2004-04, Vol.25 (2), p.122-144
Main Authors: Foley, W.Dennis, Kerimoglu, Ulku
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biliary Tract - diagnostic imaging
Biliary Tract Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Biliary Tract Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Biological and medical sciences
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - diagnostic imaging
Contrast Media
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Liver - diagnostic imaging
Liver Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Pancreas - diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Portal System - diagnostic imaging
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Technology. Biomaterials. Equipments. Material. Instrumentation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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Summary:Multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) enables rapid thin-section acquisition of regional body anatomy. MDCT is adapted to hepatic and pancreatic imaging to produce, in appropriate clinical circumstances, a multipass multiplanar study obtained during defined circulatory phases to best outline vasculature and detect and characterize focal parenchymal lesions. In this chapter, a rational approach to hepatic and pancreatic MDCT acquisition is outlined with emphasis on circulatory phases and contrast material pharmacokinetics as well as biological characteristics of focal parenchymal lesions.
ISSN:0887-2171
1558-5034
DOI:10.1016/j.sult.2003.12.001