MR-IMAGING OF THE GALLBLADDER

Implementation of fast T1- and T2-weighted sequences on state-of-the-a rt magnetic resonance (MR) imagers increases the potential of MR imagi ng for examining the gallbladder and permits imagine of both cooperati ve and acutely ill patients with fewer artifacts, Comprehensive evalua tion of gallbladder and biliary tract disease is feasible on new gener ation MR scanners using MR cholangiographic techniques in combination with tissue imaging sequences (spoiled gradient-echo and fat-suppresse d spoiled gradient-echo) and dynamic intravenous gadolinium-chelate ad ministration. Inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the gallbladder are well shown with these techniques.