Magnetic resonance cholangiography is a new noninvasive diagnostic technique for direct visualization of biliary ducts. This book describes this technique in detail, listing present and potential indications as well as the differences that come from using different MR systems.

1 Imaging Techniques.- 2 Anatomy.- 3 Congenital Dilatation of the Biliary System.- 4 MR Cholangiography in Evaluation of Jaundiced Patients.- 5 Biliary Stone Detection by MR Cholangiography.- 6 MR Cholangiography in Benign Biliary Stenoses.- 7 Involvement of Biliary System by Malignant Neoplasm.- 8 MR Pancreatography.- 9 Biliary-Enteric Anastomoses.- 10 MRCP in Liver-Transplanted Patients.- 11 The Role of ERCP in the Era of MRCP.- Appendices.- 1 MRCP in the Evaluation of Choledocholithiasis Prior to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.- 2 MR Cholangiography in the Postoperative Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.- 3 Does MRCP Improve the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Pathologies?.

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