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- MRI has improved significantly in recent years, becoming vital for detecting and staging pancreatic diseases.
- It offers a noninvasive way to assess the pancreas, surrounding blood vessels, and biliary ducts in one scan, making it convenient for patients.
- Key benefits include high-quality soft tissue detail, no ionizing radiation, and its potential as a primary imaging option, similar to CT scans.
Article Abstract
MR imaging has made significant advances in recent years, with an increasingly important role in the detection, characterization, and staging of pancreatic diseases. MRI is appealing as a noninvasive imaging modality as it can evaluate the pancreas, the vasculature, and the pancreaticobiliary ducts in a single examination. Advantages of MRI include its excellent soft tissue contrast resolution and anatomic detail and absence of ionizing radiation. This article reviews the utility of MRI and its use not only as a problem-solving tool but its potential use as a primary examination (similar to CT) in a wide variety of pancreatic diseases.
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