Morphological and functional evaluation of chronic pancreatitis with magnetic resonance imaging

Figure 1 Pancreatic morphology. Axial T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging views showing glandular atrophy (A), dilated irregular duct (B, arrow) and irregular side-branches (C, arrow heads) in a patient with chronic pancreatitis.

Figure 2 Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. Upper figure displays a single coronal image and the lower figure a 3D view of the pancreato-biliary tree. In this chronic pancreatitis patient the dilated irregular main duct has irregular side branches (arrow heads) and contains multiple rounded filling defects (arrows).

Figure 3 Diffusion weighted imaging. The apparent diffusion coefficient map of a chronic pancreatitis patient is shown with a measuring region of interest positioned in the pancreatic head to assess the degree of parenchymal fibrosis (red is high and blue low water diffusion).