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Pancreatic evaluation obtained by diagnostic imaging techniques has strongly improved in these last few years, especially after the advent of multidetector CT (MDCT) (Sata et al. 2006); this new type of CT has, in fact, permitted to obtain a finer image resolution and an increased velocity on the z-axis, allowing to acquire a larger amount of row data per exam and to avoid breath and motion artefacts (Hu et al. 2000); last but not least, the faster imaging acquisition has allowed the improvement of intravenous contrast medium administration and the achievement of the optimisation of post-contrastographic scans.
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Mazzeo, S., Battaglia, V., Cappelli, C. (2008). Pancreas. In: Neri, E., Caramella, D., Bartolozzi, C. (eds) Image Processing in Radiology. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49830-8_21
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