CT Spleen & Pancreas - Video Lesson

Hey everybody, welcome back. This lesson is about the spleen and pancreas as seen in CT imaging. We'll start in the coronal plane. This is a coronal reformation of the abdomen. The source images were created using the standard algorithm, and this image is displayed with the typical windowing technique for the abdomen. That's four hundred window width and forty window level. The patient received iodinated intravenous contrast, and the scan was performed during the portal venous phase. That's about sixty or seventy seconds after contrast initiation. At this slice position, we can see the head of the pancreas in the center of the abdomen. The pancreas is a long, slender organ that contributes to glucose metabolism as well as digestion. In CT imaging, the pancreas can have a nodular or lumpy appearance. That's because the tissues of the pancreas, called the parenchyma, are separated by numerous fat planes. The The shape, position, and visibility of the pancreas can