MR/MRCP for Diagnosis and Staging

Cross-sectional imaging, specifically multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) plays an essential role in the initial diagnosis and in the staging of pancreatic cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is in many situations superior to MDCT, such as in detection of small and/or iso-attenuating pancreatic tumors and in characterization of indeterminate hepatic lesions, hence it plays an essential role in the initial diagnosis and in the staging of pancreatic cancer. Nevertheless, magnetic resonance imaging is not widely used and plays an important role as a “problem-solving tool”.