Palamadai N.
Venkatasubramanian1, George Iordanescu1, Paul J. Grippo2,
Richard Knop1, Alice M. Wyrwicz1
1Center
for Basic M.R. Research, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL,
United States; 2Robert H Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern
University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
Although pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is associated with marked stromal changes, MR imaging has not been used to characterize those changes. We have examined and quantified pancreatic cancer-associated stromal changes in a mouse model using 3D MR microscopy.