Diagnostic pitfalls of MR cholangiopancreatography in the evaluation of the biliary tract and gallbladder

Radiographics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 415-429

  Watanabe, Yuji ^a   Dohke, Masako ^a   Ishimori, Takayoshi ^a   Amoh, Yoshiki ^a   Okumura, Akira ^a   Oda, Kazushige ^a   Koike, Shinji ^a   Dodo, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile ducts, MR, 76.1214; Gallbladder, MR, 762.1214; Magnetic resonance (MR), technology, 76.1214 Pancreatic ducts, MR, 774.1214

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

ARTIFACTS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0033090569     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.19.2.g99mr02415     Document Type: Review

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