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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023

Feasibility of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Dogs-A Post-Mortem Study.

Vahideh Rahmani, Juha Peltonen, Shyrley Paola Amarilla, Dmitri Hmelnikov, Mirja Ruohoniemi, Thomas Spillmann

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography for Cholangiopancreatic Duct Imaging in Dogs.Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Vahideh RahmaniDepartment of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8406-5615
Juha PeltonenHUS Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.
Shyrley Paola AmarillaDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.
Dmitri HmelnikovHUS Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.
Mirja RuohoniemiDepartment of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1625-545X
Thomas SpillmannDepartment of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-0176-7428
University of Helsinki · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is commonly used in humans and is also feasible in cats. The aim of this post-mortem study was to investigate the feasibility of MRCP in eight adult dogs by comparing the visibility and measured diameters of the biliary tract and pancreatic ducts in MRCP with those of fluoroscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (FRCP) and corrosion casting. In autopsy, six dogs had no evidence of hepatobiliary disorders, one had pancreatic pathology, and one had biliary pathology. The gallbladder (GB), cystic duct, and common bile duct (CBD) were visible in the MRCP images of all eight dogs. However, the extrahepatic ducts and pancreatic ducts were only variably visible. There was statistical agreement between MRCP and FRCP in measuring the diameters of the GB (fundus and body) and CBD (at papilla and extrahepatic ducts' junction). The diameter measurements correlated between MRCP and corrosion casting. Our study showed that MRCP is feasible in dogs and allowed for proper visualization of the biliary tract. However, ducts with diameters of <1 mm were difficult to visualize using a 1.5 Tesla MRI machine. Further studies are warranted to apply MRCP in the diagnostic imaging of live dogs.

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biliary tractdiagnostic imagingmagnetic resonance cholangiopancreatographypancreas

Identifiers

PMID37570325
PMCPMC10417338
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