AIM:To discuss the imaging anatomy about pancreaticobiliary ductal union,occurrence rate of pancreaticobiliary maljunction(PBM)and associated diseases in a Chinese population by using magnetic resonance cholangiopancr...AIM:To discuss the imaging anatomy about pancreaticobiliary ductal union,occurrence rate of pancreaticobiliary maljunction(PBM)and associated diseases in a Chinese population by using magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography(MRCP).METHODS:Data were collected from 694 patients who underwent MRCP from January 2010 to December2012.Three hundred and ninety-three patients were male and 301 patients were female.The age range was16-92 years old and the average age was 51.8 years.The recruitment indication of all cases was patients who had clinical symptoms,such as abdominal pain,jaundice,nausea and vomiting,which thus were clinically suspected as relative pancreaticobiliary diseases.All cases were examined by MRCP using single-shot fast spin-echo sequences.In order to obtain MRCP images,the maximum intensity projection was used.RESULTS:According to the anatomy of pancreaticobiliary ductal union based on our analysis of MRCP images,all cases were classified into normal type and abnormal type according to the position of pancreaticobiliary ductal union.The abnormal type could be further divided into P-B type,B-P type and the duodenum type.By analyzing the incidence of biliary stone and inflammation,pancreatitis,biliary duct tumors and pancreatic tumors between normal and abnormal types,significant differences existed.The abnormal group was more likely to suffer from pancreaticobiliary diseases.Comparing three different types of PBM that were associated with pancreaticobiliary diseases by using Fisher’s method,the result showed that there was no significant difference in the incidence of biliary stones,cholecystitis and pancreatic tumors.The incidence of pancreatitis in B-P type and P-B type was higher than that in duodenum type;the incidence of biliary duct tumor in B-P type was higher than that in P-B type;the incidence of biliary duct tumor in duodenum type was lower than that in P-B type.The incidence of congenital choledochus dilatation in normal type and abnormal type was similar,and there was no significant difference between the two types.CONCLUSION:Types of PBM are closely related to the occurrence of pancreaticobiliary diseases.MRCP has important clinical value in the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of pancreaticobiliary diseases.展开更多
AIM: To investigate gadolinium-ethoxybenzyldiethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid(Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the bile duct(IPMN-B). METHODS: The i...AIM: To investigate gadolinium-ethoxybenzyldiethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid(Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the bile duct(IPMN-B). METHODS: The imaging findings of five cases of IPMN-B which were pathologically confirmed at our hospital between March 2012 and May 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. Three of these cases were diagnosed by duodenal endoscopy and biopsy pathology, and two cases were diagnosed by surgical pathology. All five patients underwent enhanced and non-enhanced computed tomography(CT), magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, and Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI; one case underwent both Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI and positron emission tomography-CT. The clinical data and imaging results for these cases were compared and are presented.RESULTS: Conventional imaging showed diffusedilatation of bile ducts and multiple intraductal polypoid and papillary neoplasms or serrated changes along the bile ducts. In two cases, Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI revealed dilated biliary ducts and intraductal tumors, as well as filling defects caused by mucin in the dilated bile ducts in the hepatobiliary phase. GdEOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI in one case clearly showed a low-signal tumor in the hepatobiliary phase, similar to what was seen by positron emission tomographyCT. In two patients, routine inspection was unable to discern whether the lesions were inflammation or tumors. However, Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI revealed a pattern of gradual enhancement during the hepatobiliary phase, and the signal intensity of the lesions was lower than the surrounding liver parenchyma, suggesting tissue inflammation in both cases, which were confirmed by surgical pathology. CONCLUSION: Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI reveals the intraductal mucin component of IPMN-B in some cases and the extent of tumor infiltration beyond the bile ducts in invasive cases.展开更多
AIM:To sufficiently improve magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography(MRCP) quality to enable reliable computer-aided diagnosis(CAD).METHODS:A set of image enhancement strategies that included filters(i.e.Gaussian,m...AIM:To sufficiently improve magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography(MRCP) quality to enable reliable computer-aided diagnosis(CAD).METHODS:A set of image enhancement strategies that included filters(i.e.Gaussian,median,Wiener and Perona-Malik),wavelets(i.e.contourlet,ridgelet and a non-orthogonal noise compensation implementation),graph-cut approaches using lazy-snapping and Phase Unwrapping MAxflow,and binary thresholding using a fixed threshold and dynamic thresholding via histogram analysis were implemented to overcome the adverse characteristics of MRCP images such as acquisition noise,artifacts,partial volume effect and large inter-and intra-patient image intensity variations,all of which pose problems in application development.Subjective evaluation of several popular pre-processing techniques was undertaken to improve the quality of the 2D MRCP images and enhance the detection of the significant biliary structures within them,with the purpose of biliary disease detection.RESULTS:The results varied as expected since each algorithm capitalized on different characteristics of the images.For denoising,the Perona-Malik and contourlet approaches were found to be the most suitable.In terms of extraction of the significant biliary structures and removal of background,the thresholding approaches performed well.The interactive scheme performed the best,especially by using the strengths of the graphcut algorithm enhanced by user-friendly lazy-snapping for foreground and background marker selection.CONCLUSION:Tests show promising results for some techniques,but not others,as viable image enhancement modules for automatic CAD systems for biliary and liver diseases.展开更多
Despite advances in patient and graft management,biliary complications(BC)still represent a challenge both in the early and delayed period after orthotopic liver transplantation(OLT).Because of unspecific clinical pre...Despite advances in patient and graft management,biliary complications(BC)still represent a challenge both in the early and delayed period after orthotopic liver transplantation(OLT).Because of unspecific clinical presentation,imaging is often mandatory in order to diagnose BC.Among imaging modalities,magnetic resonance cholangiography(MRC)has gained widespread acceptance as a tool to represent the reconstructed biliary tree noninvasively,using both the conventional technique(based on heavily T2-weighted sequences)and contrast-enhanced MRC(based on the acquisition of T1-weighted sequences after the administration of hepatobiliary contrast agents).On this basis,MRC is generally indicated to:(1)avoid unnecessary procedures of direct cholangiography in patients with a negative examination and/or identify alternative complications;and(2)provide a road map for interventional procedures or surgery.As illustrated in the review,MRC is accurate in the diagnosis of different types of biliarycomplications,including anastomotic strictures,nonanastomotic strictures,leakage and stones.展开更多
Objective To evaluate the cllnical value of MR cholangiopancreatography (MR CP) in diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary duct disease. Methods MRCP was performed in fihy- eight cases, including sixteen persons as comparison...Objective To evaluate the cllnical value of MR cholangiopancreatography (MR CP) in diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary duct disease. Methods MRCP was performed in fihy- eight cases, including sixteen persons as comparison and forty - two patients with various pancreaticobiliary duct diseases. MRCP uses non - breath - hold Turbo Spin - Echo (TSE) sequence with respiratory - triggering and fat - suppression techniques. Three - dimensional (3D) reconstruction was used for postProcedure processing with a maximum - intensity -projection (MIP) algorithm. ResuIts MRCP examination was succeeded in all 58 cases. In 16persons as comparison, gallbladder, extrahepatic bile duct and partial intrahePatic bile duct or main pancreatic duct were visualized clearly. In 42 patients with pancreaticobiliary duct disease, MRCP can exhibit the imaging characteristic of various pancreaticobiliary duct diseases and the total diagnostic accuracy was 85.7%. The accuracy of MRCP in the detection of the degree and location of bile duct obstruction was 100%. The accuracyof MRCP for evaluating the causes ol obstruction was 83.8%. In the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis and malignant bile duct obstruction, the diagnostic accuracy of MRCP was 90.9% and 80.0%, respectively. ConcIusion MRCP examination has a high success rate and can depict pancreaticobiliary duct clearl,. Because of reliable value in diagnosing pancreaticobiliary duct diseases, MRCP may provide an efjcient alternative to direct cholangiopancreatography, especially when the diagnostic ERCP and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) are unsuccessful or inadequate.展开更多
Neuroendocrine tumor (NET) arising from common bile duct (CBD) is a rare disease entity, whose origin is currently in discussion with various theories. We present a case of well-defined solid, exophytic and arterial h...Neuroendocrine tumor (NET) arising from common bile duct (CBD) is a rare disease entity, whose origin is currently in discussion with various theories. We present a case of well-defined solid, exophytic and arterial hypervascular mass arising from CBD with relatively mild dilated central intrahepatic bile ducts in 50-year-old man, which was surgically confirmed to be extrahepatic biliary NET, and reviewed radiologic features of extrahepatic biliary NET in previous literature.展开更多
目的探讨屏气压缩感知磁共振胰胆管成像(breath-hold magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with compressed sensing,BH-CS-MRCP)鉴别诊断胆总管良恶性梗阻的价值。材料与方法招募临床确诊的胆总管梗阻患者,所有患者均行BH-CS-...目的探讨屏气压缩感知磁共振胰胆管成像(breath-hold magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with compressed sensing,BH-CS-MRCP)鉴别诊断胆总管良恶性梗阻的价值。材料与方法招募临床确诊的胆总管梗阻患者,所有患者均行BH-CS-MRCP、呼吸导航的压缩感知磁共振胰胆管成像(navigator-triggered magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with compressed sensing,NT-CS-MRCP)和常规磁共振胰胆管成像(traditional magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography,T-MRCP)序列扫描,并记录扫描时间。由两位影像诊断医师对三组MRCP的图像质量、胆管及胰管的显示度、梗阻病变的可视度和锐度、梗阻病变的良恶性判断进行评估。采取单因素方差分析比较三种序列图像评价指标的差异,分别计算其敏感度、特异度、准确度。结果68例胆总管梗阻患者,年龄(59.97±15.75)岁,男42例,女26例,良性梗阻49例,恶性梗阻19例。BH-CS-MRCP、NT-CS-MRCP、T-MRCP扫描时间分别为17 s、(210.61±38.52)s、(443.65±78.45)s。BH-CS-MRCP、NT-CS-MRCP、T-MRCP对图像总体质量、胆管(胆总管、一级胆管、二级胆管)、胰管的显示差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。三种序列对梗阻部位病变的锐度及可视度的评分差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。胆总管恶性梗阻诊断中,BH-CS-MRCP、NT-CS-MRCP的敏感度均为84.21%、特异度均为91.84%、准确度均为89.71%,T-MRCP的敏感度为84.21%、特异度为89.58%、准确度为86.76%。结论和T-MRCP相比,BH-CS-MRCP和NT-CS-MRCP可以利用较短的时间获得相当质量的图像及较好的胆总管良恶性梗阻的鉴别诊断效能。展开更多
文摘AIM:To discuss the imaging anatomy about pancreaticobiliary ductal union,occurrence rate of pancreaticobiliary maljunction(PBM)and associated diseases in a Chinese population by using magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography(MRCP).METHODS:Data were collected from 694 patients who underwent MRCP from January 2010 to December2012.Three hundred and ninety-three patients were male and 301 patients were female.The age range was16-92 years old and the average age was 51.8 years.The recruitment indication of all cases was patients who had clinical symptoms,such as abdominal pain,jaundice,nausea and vomiting,which thus were clinically suspected as relative pancreaticobiliary diseases.All cases were examined by MRCP using single-shot fast spin-echo sequences.In order to obtain MRCP images,the maximum intensity projection was used.RESULTS:According to the anatomy of pancreaticobiliary ductal union based on our analysis of MRCP images,all cases were classified into normal type and abnormal type according to the position of pancreaticobiliary ductal union.The abnormal type could be further divided into P-B type,B-P type and the duodenum type.By analyzing the incidence of biliary stone and inflammation,pancreatitis,biliary duct tumors and pancreatic tumors between normal and abnormal types,significant differences existed.The abnormal group was more likely to suffer from pancreaticobiliary diseases.Comparing three different types of PBM that were associated with pancreaticobiliary diseases by using Fisher’s method,the result showed that there was no significant difference in the incidence of biliary stones,cholecystitis and pancreatic tumors.The incidence of pancreatitis in B-P type and P-B type was higher than that in duodenum type;the incidence of biliary duct tumor in B-P type was higher than that in P-B type;the incidence of biliary duct tumor in duodenum type was lower than that in P-B type.The incidence of congenital choledochus dilatation in normal type and abnormal type was similar,and there was no significant difference between the two types.CONCLUSION:Types of PBM are closely related to the occurrence of pancreaticobiliary diseases.MRCP has important clinical value in the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of pancreaticobiliary diseases.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81171388Ministry of Health Research Foundation of China(in part),No.WKJ2011-2-004
文摘AIM: To investigate gadolinium-ethoxybenzyldiethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid(Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the bile duct(IPMN-B). METHODS: The imaging findings of five cases of IPMN-B which were pathologically confirmed at our hospital between March 2012 and May 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. Three of these cases were diagnosed by duodenal endoscopy and biopsy pathology, and two cases were diagnosed by surgical pathology. All five patients underwent enhanced and non-enhanced computed tomography(CT), magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, and Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI; one case underwent both Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI and positron emission tomography-CT. The clinical data and imaging results for these cases were compared and are presented.RESULTS: Conventional imaging showed diffusedilatation of bile ducts and multiple intraductal polypoid and papillary neoplasms or serrated changes along the bile ducts. In two cases, Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI revealed dilated biliary ducts and intraductal tumors, as well as filling defects caused by mucin in the dilated bile ducts in the hepatobiliary phase. GdEOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI in one case clearly showed a low-signal tumor in the hepatobiliary phase, similar to what was seen by positron emission tomographyCT. In two patients, routine inspection was unable to discern whether the lesions were inflammation or tumors. However, Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI revealed a pattern of gradual enhancement during the hepatobiliary phase, and the signal intensity of the lesions was lower than the surrounding liver parenchyma, suggesting tissue inflammation in both cases, which were confirmed by surgical pathology. CONCLUSION: Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI reveals the intraductal mucin component of IPMN-B in some cases and the extent of tumor infiltration beyond the bile ducts in invasive cases.
基金Supported by The Brain Gain Malaysia international fellowship and post-doctoral program grant under the Ministry of Science,Technology and Innovation,Malaysia
文摘AIM:To sufficiently improve magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography(MRCP) quality to enable reliable computer-aided diagnosis(CAD).METHODS:A set of image enhancement strategies that included filters(i.e.Gaussian,median,Wiener and Perona-Malik),wavelets(i.e.contourlet,ridgelet and a non-orthogonal noise compensation implementation),graph-cut approaches using lazy-snapping and Phase Unwrapping MAxflow,and binary thresholding using a fixed threshold and dynamic thresholding via histogram analysis were implemented to overcome the adverse characteristics of MRCP images such as acquisition noise,artifacts,partial volume effect and large inter-and intra-patient image intensity variations,all of which pose problems in application development.Subjective evaluation of several popular pre-processing techniques was undertaken to improve the quality of the 2D MRCP images and enhance the detection of the significant biliary structures within them,with the purpose of biliary disease detection.RESULTS:The results varied as expected since each algorithm capitalized on different characteristics of the images.For denoising,the Perona-Malik and contourlet approaches were found to be the most suitable.In terms of extraction of the significant biliary structures and removal of background,the thresholding approaches performed well.The interactive scheme performed the best,especially by using the strengths of the graphcut algorithm enhanced by user-friendly lazy-snapping for foreground and background marker selection.CONCLUSION:Tests show promising results for some techniques,but not others,as viable image enhancement modules for automatic CAD systems for biliary and liver diseases.
文摘Despite advances in patient and graft management,biliary complications(BC)still represent a challenge both in the early and delayed period after orthotopic liver transplantation(OLT).Because of unspecific clinical presentation,imaging is often mandatory in order to diagnose BC.Among imaging modalities,magnetic resonance cholangiography(MRC)has gained widespread acceptance as a tool to represent the reconstructed biliary tree noninvasively,using both the conventional technique(based on heavily T2-weighted sequences)and contrast-enhanced MRC(based on the acquisition of T1-weighted sequences after the administration of hepatobiliary contrast agents).On this basis,MRC is generally indicated to:(1)avoid unnecessary procedures of direct cholangiography in patients with a negative examination and/or identify alternative complications;and(2)provide a road map for interventional procedures or surgery.As illustrated in the review,MRC is accurate in the diagnosis of different types of biliarycomplications,including anastomotic strictures,nonanastomotic strictures,leakage and stones.
文摘Objective To evaluate the cllnical value of MR cholangiopancreatography (MR CP) in diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary duct disease. Methods MRCP was performed in fihy- eight cases, including sixteen persons as comparison and forty - two patients with various pancreaticobiliary duct diseases. MRCP uses non - breath - hold Turbo Spin - Echo (TSE) sequence with respiratory - triggering and fat - suppression techniques. Three - dimensional (3D) reconstruction was used for postProcedure processing with a maximum - intensity -projection (MIP) algorithm. ResuIts MRCP examination was succeeded in all 58 cases. In 16persons as comparison, gallbladder, extrahepatic bile duct and partial intrahePatic bile duct or main pancreatic duct were visualized clearly. In 42 patients with pancreaticobiliary duct disease, MRCP can exhibit the imaging characteristic of various pancreaticobiliary duct diseases and the total diagnostic accuracy was 85.7%. The accuracy of MRCP in the detection of the degree and location of bile duct obstruction was 100%. The accuracyof MRCP for evaluating the causes ol obstruction was 83.8%. In the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis and malignant bile duct obstruction, the diagnostic accuracy of MRCP was 90.9% and 80.0%, respectively. ConcIusion MRCP examination has a high success rate and can depict pancreaticobiliary duct clearl,. Because of reliable value in diagnosing pancreaticobiliary duct diseases, MRCP may provide an efjcient alternative to direct cholangiopancreatography, especially when the diagnostic ERCP and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) are unsuccessful or inadequate.
文摘Neuroendocrine tumor (NET) arising from common bile duct (CBD) is a rare disease entity, whose origin is currently in discussion with various theories. We present a case of well-defined solid, exophytic and arterial hypervascular mass arising from CBD with relatively mild dilated central intrahepatic bile ducts in 50-year-old man, which was surgically confirmed to be extrahepatic biliary NET, and reviewed radiologic features of extrahepatic biliary NET in previous literature.
文摘目的探讨屏气压缩感知磁共振胰胆管成像(breath-hold magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with compressed sensing,BH-CS-MRCP)鉴别诊断胆总管良恶性梗阻的价值。材料与方法招募临床确诊的胆总管梗阻患者,所有患者均行BH-CS-MRCP、呼吸导航的压缩感知磁共振胰胆管成像(navigator-triggered magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with compressed sensing,NT-CS-MRCP)和常规磁共振胰胆管成像(traditional magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography,T-MRCP)序列扫描,并记录扫描时间。由两位影像诊断医师对三组MRCP的图像质量、胆管及胰管的显示度、梗阻病变的可视度和锐度、梗阻病变的良恶性判断进行评估。采取单因素方差分析比较三种序列图像评价指标的差异,分别计算其敏感度、特异度、准确度。结果68例胆总管梗阻患者,年龄(59.97±15.75)岁,男42例,女26例,良性梗阻49例,恶性梗阻19例。BH-CS-MRCP、NT-CS-MRCP、T-MRCP扫描时间分别为17 s、(210.61±38.52)s、(443.65±78.45)s。BH-CS-MRCP、NT-CS-MRCP、T-MRCP对图像总体质量、胆管(胆总管、一级胆管、二级胆管)、胰管的显示差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。三种序列对梗阻部位病变的锐度及可视度的评分差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。胆总管恶性梗阻诊断中,BH-CS-MRCP、NT-CS-MRCP的敏感度均为84.21%、特异度均为91.84%、准确度均为89.71%,T-MRCP的敏感度为84.21%、特异度为89.58%、准确度为86.76%。结论和T-MRCP相比,BH-CS-MRCP和NT-CS-MRCP可以利用较短的时间获得相当质量的图像及较好的胆总管良恶性梗阻的鉴别诊断效能。