State of the art – Imaging of the pancreas

Pancreatic imaging is an essential tool for the management of pancreatic diseases, including the early diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer. This presentation will focus on the recent advances in pancreatic imaging in the setting of surgical lesions. The specific modalities discussed include multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and positron emission tomography (PET and PET CT). MDCT is the most important procedure for the diagnosis of pancreatic disease. The fast and thin-section scanning ability of MDCT…