Abstract “When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some
things are much more nearly certain than others.” Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) Computed …

Background Pancreatic cancer, primarily pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC),
accounts for 2.4% of cancer diagnoses and 5.8% of cancer death annually. Early diagnoses …

Now more streamlined and focused than ever before, the 6th edition of CT and MRI of the
Whole Body is a definitive reference that provides you with an enhanced understanding of …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technology that enables
visualisation, characterisation and quantification of biological processes in vivo. By using …

Purpose To determine the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including
dynamic imaging using three‐dimensional gradient‐echo (3D‐GRE) sequences and MR …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)
in diagnosis of pancreas cancer, to compare DWI with a conventional comprehensive MRI …

Adenocarcinoma is the most common malignant pancreatic tumor, affecting the head of the
pancreas in 60–70% of cases. By the time of diagnosis, at least 80% of tumors are …

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma has a 5 year survival of approximately 3% and median survival
of 6 months and is among the most dismal of prognoses in all of medicine. This poor …

New MR imaging techniques that limit artifacts in the abdomen have increased the role of
MR imaging to detect and characterize pancreatic disease. Breath-hold T1-weighted …

Diagnosis of a focal pancreatic mass in routine clinical practice can be a challenge because
patients with chronic pancreatitis may present with symptoms and imaging findings that can …