4 Radiographic Examinations of Chronic Pancreatitis
Yun Bian,Jian-Ping Lu,and Li Wang(https://www.daowen.com)
Diagnosing chronic pancreatitis(CP)in the advanced phase is easily.A standard abdominal radiograph(KUB)of pancreatic calcification can be confirmed.But diagnosing suspected and mild CP is difficult because State-of-the-art imagines cannot recognize these subtle ductal changes.Presently,the diagnosis of CP still relies mainly on the clinical and imagines.The clinical evaluation of CP typically includes radiography,computed tomography(CT),magnetic resonance(MR)imaging,and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)or endoscopic ultrasonography(EUS).