The field of radiology has undergone tremendous growth over recent decades, with continuous advances in diagnostic imaging that include innovations in medical devices, such as the creation of dual energy–source multidetector computed tomography (CT); innovations in imaging agents, such as…
Overview Imaging plays a central role in the characterization of liver lesions and detection of liver metastases in patients at risk. As treatment options for patients with metastatic liver disease have proliferated over the past decade (see Chapter 90, Chapter…
Introduction Cross-sectional imaging of the liver, biliary tree, and pancreas can be performed with ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Positron emission tomography (PET) is most often performed in combination with CT (PET-CT) and has more recently…