Multi–Detector Row Helical CT of the Pancreas: Effect of Contrast-enhanced Multiphasic Imaging on Enhancement of the Pancreas, Peripancreatic Vasculature, and Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Abstract

A combination of PPP and PVP imaging is sufficient for detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, because it provides maximal pancreatic parenchymal and peripancreatic vascular enhancement. AP imaging can be reserved for patients in whom CT angiography is required.