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Catholic University of Korea, Seoul

Diagnostic value of MR imaging in gallbladder disease evaluated

Published in Elder Law Weekly, June 29th, 2005

The diagnostic value of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in gallbladder disease was evaluated.

"The aim of this study was to correlate MR findings of gallbladder wall thickening with pathologic findings on the basis of the layered pattern and to evaluate the diagnostic value of MR imaging in gallbladder disease. We retrospectively evaluated the source images of HASTE sequences for MR cholangiography in 144 patients with gallbladder wall thickening," investigators in South Korea reported.

"The layered pattern of thickened wall was classified into four patterns. Type I shows two layers with a thin hypointense inner layer and thick hyperintense outer...

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