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Perles-Barbacaru TA. Editorial for "Quantitative T2 Mapping of Acute Pancreatitis". J Magn Reson Imaging 2024. [PMID: 38602255 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.29378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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- Teodora-Adriana Perles-Barbacaru
- CNRS, Center for Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Biology and Medicine (CRMBM, UMR CNRS 7339), Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Measurement of T 1 and T 2 relaxation times of the pancreas at 7 T using a multi-transmit system. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2019; 32:703-708. [PMID: 31317369 PMCID: PMC6825641 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-019-00768-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Objective To determine T1 and T2 relaxation times of healthy pancreas parenchyma at 7 T using a multi-transmit system. Materials and methods Twenty-six healthy subjects were scanned with a 7 T MR system using eight parallel transceiver antennas, each with two additional receive loops. A Look-Locker sequence was used to obtain images for T1 determination, while T2 was obtained from spin-echo images and magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements with different echo times. T1 and T2 times were calculated using a mono-exponential fit of the average magnitude signal from a region of interest in the pancreas and were tested for correlation with age. Results The age range of the included subjects was 21–72 years. Average T1 and T2 relaxation times in healthy pancreas were 896 ± 149 ms, and 26.7 ± 5.3 ms, respectively. No correlation with age was found. Conclusion T1 and T2 relaxation times of the healthy pancreas were reported for 7 T, which can be used for image acquisition optimization. No significant correlations were found between age and T1 or T2 relaxation times of the pancreas. Considering their low standard deviation and no observable age dependence, these values may be used as a baseline to study potentially pancreatic tissue affected by disease.
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Fujiwara Y, Suzuki F, Kanehira M, Futagawa Y, Okamoto T, Yanaga K. Radical resection of T1 pancreatic adenocarcinoma with a pseudocyst of the tail due to acute obstructive pancreatitis: report of a case. Surg Case Rep 2016; 2:144. [PMID: 27900729 PMCID: PMC5130925 DOI: 10.1186/s40792-016-0268-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A 53-year-old male visited his primary physician for epigastric and back pain. Abdominal-enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a simple cyst of the pancreatic tail attached to the stomach. A distal main pancreatic duct (MPD) was clearly dilated, but no pancreatic tumor was identified around the stenosis of MPD by CT scan and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP) revealed stenosis and distal dilation of the MPD located between the body and tail of the pancreas. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) revealed a low density mass of 7 mm in size with distal dilation of the MPD. With the suspicion of a small pancreatic cancer, the patient underwent distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy with lymph node dissection (D2). On histopathological evaluation, a small pancreatic adenocarcinoma of 6 mm in size was detected around the stenosis of MPD. Final pathological diagnosis was moderately differentiated invasive ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas with no lymph node metastasis (Japan Pancreatic Society (JPS) classification 7th edition; Pbt, TS1 (6 mm), tub2, intermediate type, INF β, ly1, v1, ne1, mpd(-), pT1b, pN0, pM0, stage IA,PCM(-), DCM(-) and the Union International Control Cancer (UICC) classification of malignant tumors 6th edition; pT1, pN0, pM0, stage IA, R0). We herein reported a patient who underwent radical resection for T1 pancreatic adenocarcinoma of 6 mm in diameter which caused acute pancreatitis and a pseudocyst due to obstruction of the MPD.
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- Yuki Fujiwara
- Department of Surgery, The Jikei Daisan Hospital, 4-11-1, Izumihoncho, Komae-shi, Tokyo, 201-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, The Jikei Daisan Hospital, 4-11-1, Izumihoncho, Komae-shi, Tokyo, 201-8601, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, The Jikei Daisan Hospital, 4-11-1, Izumihoncho, Komae-shi, Tokyo, 201-8601, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, The Jikei Daisan Hospital, 4-11-1, Izumihoncho, Komae-shi, Tokyo, 201-8601, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, The Jikei Daisan Hospital, 4-11-1, Izumihoncho, Komae-shi, Tokyo, 201-8601, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Piironen A, Kivisaari R, Pitkäranta P, Poutanen VP, Laippala P, Laurila P, Kivisaari L. Dynamic High-Field MR Imaging in Experimental Porcine Acute Pancreatitis. Acta Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/028418519503600215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The effects of acute pancreatitis on MR imaging signal intensities (SIs) were determined in an experimental study at 1.0 T. Oedematous pancreatitis was induced in 9 piglets and haemorrhagic pancreatitis in 11 piglets. Each animal served as its own control for MR imaging before and after induction of pancreatitis. T1-weighted spin echo (450/15 ms) and dynamic turbo FLASH (flip angle 8°) sequences were used without contrast medium in testing the stability of the SI measurements. There was no significant difference in the SI-versus-time curves of the pancreas in piglets with oedematous and haemorrhagic pancreatitis. However, the difference in mean SIs between healthy and diseased piglets was significant. Thus, although non-contrast MR may be useful in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, it does not distinguish between oedematous and haemorrhagic pancreatitis.
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Guarise A, Faccioli N, Morana G, Megibow AJ. Chronic Pancreatitis vs Pancreatic Tumors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68251-6_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Siddiqi AJ, Miller F. Chronic pancreatitis: ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging features. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2008; 28:384-94. [PMID: 17970554 DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive, irreversible inflammatory and fibrosing disease of the pancreas with clinical manifestations of chronic abdominal pain, weight loss, and permanent pancreatic exocrine and endocrine insufficiency. In the United States, a long history of heavy alcohol consumption is the most common cause of chronic pancreatitis. This review discusses the different modalities such as computed tomography, transabdominal and endoscopic ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography available to image chronic pancreatitis, along with their advantages and limitations. In addition, topics such as groove pancreatitis and autoimmune pancreatitis are examined, along with a discussion of distinguishing chronic pancreatitis from pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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- Aheed J Siddiqi
- Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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The ability to diagnose pancreatic carcinoma has been rapidly improving with the recent advances in diagnostic techniques such as contrast-enhanced Doppler ultrasound (US), helical computed tomography (CT), enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and endoscopic US (EUS). Each technique has advantages and limitations, making the selection of the proper diagnostic technique, in terms of purpose and characteristics, especially important. Abdominal US is the modality often used first to identify a cause of abdominal pain or jaundice, while the accuracy of conventional US for diagnosing pancreatic tumors is only 50-70%. CT is the most widely used imaging examination for the detection and staging of pancreatic carcinoma. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is generally depicted as a hypoattenuating area on contrast-enhanced CT. The reported sensitivity of helical CT in revealing pancreatic carcinoma is high, ranging between 89% and 97%. Multi-detector-row (MD) CT may offer an improvement in the early detection and accurate staging of pancreatic carcinoma. It should be taken into consideration that some pancreatic adenocarcinomas are depicted as isoattenuating and that pancreatitis accompanied by pancreatic adenocarcinoma might occasionally result in the overestimation of staging. T1-weighted spin-echo images with fat suppression and dynamic gradient-echo MR images enhanced with gadolinium have been reported to be superior to helical CT for detecting small lesions. However, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma are not distinguished on the basis of degree and time of enhancement on dynamic gadolinium-enhanced MRI. EUS is superior to spiral CT and MRI in the detection of small tumors, and can also localize lymph node metastases or vascular tumor infiltration with high sensitivity. EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy is a safe and highly accurate method for tissue diagnosis of patients with suspected pancreatic carcinoma. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has been suggested as a promising modality for noninvasive differentiation between benign and malignant lesions. Previous studies reported the sensitivity and specificity of FDG-PET for detecting malignant pancreatic tumors as being 71-100% and 64-90%, respectively. FDG-PET does not replace, but is complementary to morphologic imaging, and therefore, in doubtful cases, the method must be combined with other imaging modalities.
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Teikyo UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Teikyo UniversityTokyoJapan
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PURPOSE To determine if dynamic gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can distinguish chronic pancreatitis from pancreatic carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of MR and pathology examination findings was performed for 24 patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and seven with chronic pancreatitis who underwent dynamic gadolinium-enhanced breath-hold spoiled gradient-echo imaging. Arterial, portal, and delayed phase images were obtained after injection of gadopentatate dimeglumine. The MR images of 14 patients without clinical evidence of pancreatic disease were also reviewed as controls. Signal intensity (SI) was measured on the precontrast (pre) and gadolinium-enhanced (post) images of the area of the pancreas sampled at biopsy and of the nontumorous pancreas. Percentage enhancement was defined as SIpre/SIpost x 100. RESULTS Normal pancreas showed rapid enhancement that peaked in the arterial or portal phase. For both diseases, T1-weighted images showed hypointense masses with progressive enhancement (differences were significant [P < .05] on only delayed fat-saturated images). Differences in enhancement between either disease state and normal pancreas were significant for at least one phase. Nontumorous pancreas in patients with carcinoma showed gradual enhancement that was significantly different from that of normal pancreas. CONCLUSION Chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma show abnormal pancreatic enhancement, but the two were not distinguished on the basis of degree and time of enhancement.
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- P T Johnson
- Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
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Pels Rijcken TH, Davis MA, Ros PR. Intraluminal contrast agents for MR imaging of the abdomen and pelvis. J Magn Reson Imaging 1994; 4:291-300. [PMID: 8061424 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880040312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the abdomen and pelvis with use of gastrointestinal (GI) contrast agents is slowly emerging as a valuable diagnostic tool. In the past few years, considerable effort has been expended on developing an oral contrast agent to serve as a bowel marker during abdominal and pelvic imaging. Four major categories of agents have been studied: compounds with positive contrast-enhancing characteristics (ie, which increase signal intensity), which may be either miscible or immiscible with bowel contents, and compounds with negative contrast-enhancing characteristics (ie, which decrease signal intensity), which also may be miscible or immiscible. Compared with precontrast images, MR images acquired after administration of GI contrast agents have shown increased anatomic delineation of the bowel lumen, pancreas, and paraaortic nodes, allowing increased detection of pancreatic lesions, improved assessment of bowel wall lesions, and distinction between intrahepatic and extrahepatic lesions. This review focuses on the general physics and requirements for intraluminal GI contrast media for MR imaging, the currently used intraluminal agents and their regulatory status, current and near-future availability, and cost considerations.
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- T H Pels Rijcken
- Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01665
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Boudghène FP, Bach-Gansmo T, Grange JD, Lame S, Nantois C, Wallays C, Bigot JM. Contribution of oral magnetic particles in MR imaging of the abdomen with spin-echo and gradient-echo sequences. J Magn Reson Imaging 1993; 3:107-12. [PMID: 8428075 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880030118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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An open phase III clinical trial of the oral contrast agent OMP (oral magnetic particles) was performed in 35 patients undergoing abdominal magnetic resonance (MR) imaging at 1.5 T with axial spin-echo and gradient-echo sequences. The diagnostic efficacy of OMP was examined by comparing pre-and postcontrast images. Bowel loops and abdominal organs were more easily recognizable after OMP ingestion, and the general quality of the images was improved because of fewer bowel-related artifacts. The diagnostic value of the postcontrast abdominal MR examination was superior or equal to that of the precontrast study, and additional information was obtained in 44% of the cases. Postcontrast gradient-echo sequences increased confidence in the MR examination in 18% of cases. OMP was well tolerated and increased the quality and amount of diagnostic information acquired during the examination. Gradient-echo imaging was found to be a useful complement, but the need for a reduction in susceptibility artifacts was apparent and indicates that a decrease in TE or the use of rapid spin-echo sequences might be advantageous.
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- F P Boudghène
- Department of Radiology, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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Trapnell JE. Staging of cancer of the pancreas. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PANCREATOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PANCREATOLOGY 1990; 7:109-16. [PMID: 2081914 DOI: 10.1007/bf02924226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Staging of cancer of the pancreas is relatively reliable when based on pathological material obtained from operative specimens or at autopsy. At operation, the assessment of disease stage, and therefore of operability, is more difficulty-particularly in relation to the extent of lymph node involvement and liver metastases. Preoperative staging, which, clinically, is the most essential, is difficult and unsatisfactory at the present time.
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Smith FW, Bayliss AP, Hussey JK, Robertson EM, Weir J, Crosher GA. Low-field (0.08 T) magnetic resonance imaging of the pancreas: comparison with computed tomography and ultrasound. Br J Radiol 1989; 62:796-802. [PMID: 2676063 DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-62-741-796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Seventy-four patients referred for computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound examination with a presumptive diagnosis of pancreatic disease have been studied using a low-field (0.08 T) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging instrument. A further 50 patients being examined for non-pancreatic disease were also examined to assess the appearances of the normal pancreas. All the MR examinations were performed using an interleaved saturation-recovery/short inversion time (TI) inversion-recovery sequence. Part or all of the pancreas was seen in 96% of normal cases. In inflammatory disease, MR was more accurate than either CT or ultrasound for diagnosis, whilst for the demonstration of pancreatic tumours, MR was found to be no better or worse than either CT or ultrasound. The use of specific T1 measurement for soft-tissue characterization was not useful because of the large overlap in values between normal, inflamed and malignant pancreatic tissue. T1 measurement was found to be useful in differentiating different pathological fluids.
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- F W Smith
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill
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Gupta RK, Kakar AK, Jena A, Mishra PK, Khushu S. Magnetic resonance in obstructive jaundice. AUSTRALASIAN RADIOLOGY 1989; 33:245-51. [PMID: 2557816 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1989.tb03283.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Twelve cases of obstructive jaundice in whom ultrasound failed to demonstrate the site and/or the cause of obstruction of the biliary tract were examined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), correctly diagnosing the site and cause of obstruction in 10 of 12 surgically proven cases. In one case of cholangiocarcinoma, the site of obstruction was well shown on MR but a definite cause could not be ascertained. In another patient who developed intermittent jaundice following surgery for choledochal cyst, MR demonstrated a solitary stone in the common hepatic duct. Surgical confirmation could not be achieved as the patient was lost to follow up. There were 6 cases of choledocholithiasis, 3 cases of gall bladder carcinoma and one case each of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma. It is believed that MRI will provide obstructive jaundice and will be able to minimize the use of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in view of its ability to perform multiplanar imaging in multiple sequences.
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Jenkins JP, Stehling M, Sivewright G, Hickey DS, Hillier VF, Isherwood I. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of vertebral bodies: a T1 and T2 study. Magn Reson Imaging 1989; 7:17-23. [PMID: 2918815 DOI: 10.1016/0730-725x(89)90320-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Multiple point T1 and T2 values of 424 vertebral bodies were measured and analysed. The influence of several factors including age, sex, location in the spine and status of neighbouring discs on the measured relaxation times were evaluated. The results indicate limitations in the region of interest approach. Vertebral bodies of different age, sex and location in the spine could not be distinguished. For heterogeneous tissues a more advanced form of image analysis appears to be essential. Diurnal factors resulting from the stress of normal ambulatory activity caused increased variation in vertebral body relaxation time values.
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- J P Jenkins
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Manchester
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Imaging and Interventional Radiology for Pancreatitis and Its Complications. Radiol Clin North Am 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0033-8389(22)02119-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Paajanen H, Brasch RC, Dean PB. Experimental acute pancreatitis: MR relaxation time studies using gadolinium-DTPA. Magn Reson Med 1988; 6:63-73. [PMID: 3352506 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910060107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Spin-lattice (T1) and spin-spin (T2) relaxation times of normal and sodium taurocholate-induced pancreatitis (38 rats) were determined in vitro using a 10.7-MHz magnetic resonance (MR) spectrometer. The increase in pancreatic T1 time in acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis correlated well with the elevated water content of the organ. Gadolinium-DTPA did not affect significantly the relaxation times of normal pancreas in vitro during 1 t 20 min postinjection, but it decreased the elevated T1 times of inflamed pancreas almost to baseline values. MR imaging studies of rat pancreas in vivo (8 rats, 0.35-T resistive magnet) indicated that the swollen pancreas and associated edema were depicted using a T2-weighted SE sequence. Fifteen minutes postinjection of gadolinium-DTPA a homogeneous enhancement of inflamed pancreas was detected. The differentiation of pancreatic necrotic foci from surrounding viable tissue and edema could not be detected on Gd-DTPA-enhanced MR images after 15 min postinjection although microscopical workup indicated these different tissue constituents in the pancreas.
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- H Paajanen
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Turku, Finland
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Prendergast DJ, Hickey DS, Jenkins JP, Isherwood I. Increased potential for tissue discrimination in quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. Br J Radiol 1987; 60:1142-3. [PMID: 2446689 DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-60-719-1142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Johnson RJ, Jenkins JP, Isherwood I, James RD, Schofield PF. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in rectal carcinoma. Br J Radiol 1987; 60:761-4. [PMID: 3664175 DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-60-716-761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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T1 and T2 relaxation times have been calculated in 30 patients with rectal carcinoma and seven patients with a fibrotic pelvic mass. The relaxation times were calculated using a multipoint iterative method with data from seven total saturation recovery and six spin-echo sequences. The results show that the calculated T1 relaxation value is a useful discriminant between carcinoma and pelvic fibrosis and should improve the detection of early tumour recurrence.
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- R J Johnson
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Manchester
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