MAGNETIC-RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY

Magnetic resonance (MR) cholangiopancreatography is a new, noninvasive method of assessing the biliary tract and pancreatic duct. MRCP seque nces are based on heavily T2-weighted pulse sequences, resulting in th e bile ducts and pancreatic duct having very high signal intensity. Pr eliminary results indicate that the results of MRCP in most biliary tr act disease are similar to those of more invasive techniques of direct cholangiography, such as endoscopic retrograde cholangiography.