Role of magnetic resonance imaging in the detection and characterization of solid pancreatic nodules: An update

Figure 1 Normal pancreas. Axial T2-weighted SS-ETSE (A), pre-contrast fat-suppressed T1-weighted (B) GRE and post-gadolinium fat-suppressed T1-weighted gradient echo images acquired in the arterial (C) and venous (D) phases of enhancement. The normal pancreas is high in signal intensity on T1-weighted images (B) due to the presence of aqueous protein in the pancreatic acini. A uniform capillary blush is apparent on the immediate post-gadolinium image (C). T2-weighted sequences allow the depiction of the pancreatic duct. SS-ETSE: Single-shot echo train spin echo; GRE: Gradient echo.