The Secretory Flow of Pancreatic Juice in the Main Pancreatic Duct: Visualization by Means of MRCP with Spatially Selective Inversion Recovery Pulse

Teruyuki Torigoe¹, Katsuyoshi Ito², Tsutomu Tamada², Akihiko Kanki², Kouji Yoshida²

We assessed the physiological flow of pancreatic juice non-invasively by means of non-pharmacological MRCP with spatially selective inversion recovery pulse, and evaluated the feasibility of this technique for the assessment of pancreatic exocrine functions. The physiological flow of the pancreatic juice can be visualized non-invasively by means of non-pharmacological MRCP with spatially selective inversion recovery pulse. This technique may have the potential to evaluate the pancreatic exocrine functions in patients with pancreatitis.