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MR virtual endoscopy of the pancreaticobiliary tract: a feasible technique?

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To evaluate the feasibility of magnetic resonance (MR) virtual endoscopy of the pancreaticobiliary tract by using MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) data sets as source images, we retrospectively reviewed MRCP data sets of 120 patients with Navigator software (GE/Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI) that allowed display of inner views by surface rendering the internal wall of the bile ducts with simulated light and shadow.

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  1. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa, 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy, IT

    E. Neri, D. Caramella, R. Lencioni & C. Bartolozzi

  2. Second Department of Radiology, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa, 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy, IT

    P. Boraschi, G. Braccini, R. Gigoni & G. Perri

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  1. E. Neri
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  3. G. Braccini
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Received: 9 March 1998/Accepted: 8 April 1998

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Neri, E., Boraschi, P., Braccini, G. et al. MR virtual endoscopy of the pancreaticobiliary tract: a feasible technique?. Abdom Imaging 24, 289–291 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900497

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