Hepatobiliary Imaging

Hepatobiliary imaging: imaging modalities.

Imaging modalities are a major part of the diagnosis and follow-up to therapy of hepatobiliary disease. Changes of the liver, spleen, gallbladder and pancreas can be assessed by a variety of highly technical and evolving methods. The purpose of this paper is to review briefly some diseases of the hepatobiliary tree and pancreas and how they may be diagnosed through imaging modalities. Hepatic d...

Update on hepatobiliary imaging.

Radiography and ultrasonography are the most well-established and frequently used imaging modalities for diagnosing hepatic disease in veterinary medicine. Contrast-enhanced harmonic ultrasound imaging of the liver is being established in veterinary medicine for the assessment of liver perfusion, hemodynamic alterations in the presence of portosystemic shunts (PSSs), and differentiation of beni...

Consensus on Hepatobiliary Imaging Practice Guidelines

Hepatobiliary, pancreatic MR imaging progresses at 3T

Three-D gradient-echo sequences include LAVA (liver acquisition with volume acceleration, GE Healthcare), VIBE (volumetric interpolated breath hold examination, Siemens Medical Solutions), and THRIVE (T1 high resolution isotropic volume examination, Philips Medical Systems). Three-T MRI has been used clinically in Japan since 2005, and its features have been studied widely. Moving to 3T doubles...

Hepatobiliary MR imaging with gadolinium-based contrast agents.

The advent of gadolinium-based "hepatobiliary" contrast agents offers new opportunities for diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and has triggered great interest for innovative imaging approaches to the liver and bile ducts. In this review article we discuss the imaging properties of the two gadolinium-based hepatobiliary contrast agents currently available in the U.S., gadobenate dimegl...