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SUBMITTER: Grippo PJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3157257 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grippo Paul J PJ Venkatasubramanian Palamadai N PN Knop Richard H RH Heiferman Daniel M DM Iordanescu Gheorghe G Melstrom Laleh G LG Adrian Kevin K Barron Morgan R MR Bentrem David J DJ Wyrwicz Alice M AM
The American journal of pathology 20110531 2
Pancreatic diseases, which include diabetes, pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer, are often difficult to detect and/or stage, contributing to a reduced quality of life and lifespan for patients. Thus, there is need for a technology that can visualize tissue changes in the pancreas, improve understanding of disease progression, and facilitate earlier detection in the human population. Because of low spatial resolution, current clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at low field strength has ye ...[more]