Gastrointestinal MR Imaging and Techniques

Room 613 - 614         16:00 - 18:00                 Chairs: David J. Lomas and Neil M. Rofsky

Time

Prog #

 
16:00 837.

Redistribution of Abdominal Blood Flow Following Meal Ingestion

John J. Totman1, Luca Marciani1, Steve Foley1, Eugene Campbell1, Robin C. Spiller1, Penny A. Gowland1

1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
16:12 838.

Functional Evaluation of the Postoperative Gastrointestinal Tract Using Kinematic MR Imaging: Quantitative Assessment of

Peristaltic Activity

Mizuki Nishino1, 2, Shingo Iwata2, Katsumi Hayakawa2, Shotarou Kanao2, Taisuke Morimoto2, Sumio Mukaihara2, Hiroto Hatabu1

1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 2Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
16:24 839.

Gastric Emptying, Transit Times and Visualisation of Alginate Beads in the Gastro-Intestinal Tract

Caroline L. Hoad1, Eleanor F. Cox1, Phillipa Rayment2, Robin C. Spiller3, Peter J. Wright1, Michael Butler2,

Luca Marciani3, Penelope A. Gowland1

1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; 2Corporate Research, Unilever R & D, Colworth, Beds., UK; 3University Hospital,

Nottingham, UK

16:36 840.

Gastrointestinal Effects of Bran: A MRI Study

Luca Marciani1, John J. Totman1, Caroline L. Hoad1, Steve Evans1, Amisha Mistry1, Robin C. Spiller1,

Penny A. Gowland1

1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, UK
16:48 841.

MR Colonography with Fecal Tagging: Do Individual Patient Characteristics Influence Image Quality?

Sonja Kinner1, Christiane A. Kuehle1, Michael Nuefer1, Susanne C. Goehde1, Joerg Barkhausen1, Thomas C. Lauenstein1

1University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
17:00 842.

Preoperative Detection and Staging of Esophageal Cancer by Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging and FDG-PET

Yuji Nakamoto1, Takashi Koyama1, Shigeaki Umeoka1, Ken Tamai1, Tatsuya Higashi1, Tsuneo Saga1, Kaori Togashi1

1Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
17:12 843.

Preliminary Evaluation of MR Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Diagnosing Pancreatic Carcinoma

Ying Li1, Xiao-peng Zhang1, Lei Tang1, Ying-shi Sun1

1Beijing Cancer Hospital & Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
17:24 844.

Reduced Acquisition Time in Fat Saturated Abdominal Imaging Using HoPE: A Clinical Evaluation

Dominik Paul1, Jens Walcher1, Hans-Peter Fautz1, Jürgen Hennig1, Oliver Schäfer1

1University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany
17:36 845.

Isotropic Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging with Tetrahedral Gradients in the Upper Abdomen

Masatoshi Hori1, Takamichi Murakami1, Tonsok Kim1, Hiromitsu Onishi1, Masatomo Kuwabara1, Kaname Tomoda1, Hironobu

Nakamura1,

Masaya Hirano2, Atsushi Nozaki2

1Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; 2GE Yokogawa Medical, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
17:48 846.

The Utility of TrueFISP in Abdominal Imaging: Analysis of Vascular Assessment and Liver Lesion Detection

Dejana Radulovic1, Iain Donald Craik Kirkpatrick1, Mervyn A. Kroeker1, Neal Pawlyshyn1

1University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada