An X-ray exam ination of the bile ducts and pancreas.
A diagnostic procedure performed to evaluate diseases of the bile ducts of the liver such as stones or narrowing. In conventional ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography), a contrast medium is injected directly into the bile ducts. In magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, the bile ducts are visualized without the use of a contrast medium during an abdominal magnetic resonance examination.