Diffusion-weighted MRI of the Pancreas. Correlation with Secretin Endoscopic Pancreatic Function Test (ePFT)

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1264-1268

  Balci, N Cem ^a   Momtahen, Amir Javad ^a   Akduman, E Isin ^a   Alkaade, Samer ^b   Bilgin, Mehmet ^c,d   Burton, Frank R ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d Turkish German Health Foundation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cambridge classification; diffusion weighted imaging; MRCP; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST; PANCREAS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SECRETIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51249085401     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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