Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography of the biliary ducts: Techniques, clinical applications, and limitations

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 302-311

  Barish, Matthew A ^a,b   Soto, Jorge A ^a   Yucel, E Kent ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Fast spin echo; MR cholangiopancreatography

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODDI SPHINCTER; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

ARTIFACTS; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0029917389     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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