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MR imaging (MRI) was used in the early phase mostly for applications in neuroradiology and musculoskeletal radiology. In the 1980s and early 1990s a large number of papers were published on the potential use of MRI in the upper abdomen, including the pancreas. However, no true outcome study was generated: in fact, pancreatic MRI was considered mostly useless, and CT remained the procedure of choice for evaluation of diseases of this organ. Furthermore, no potential application concerning the biliary tree was identified, and that field was considered outside the scope of MRI.
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Pavone, P., Lag Hi, A., Panebianco, V., Catalano, C., Fraioli, F., Passariello, R. (2000). The case for MRI. In: Terrier, F., Grossholz, M., Becker, C.D. (eds) Spiral CT of the Abdomen. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56976-0_23
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