Jorge A. Soto MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

1) Review the current nomenclature used in the 2012 Revision of the Atlanta classification for the diagnosis, staging and description of complications of acute pancreatitis. 2) Emphasize the importance of using proper terminology that should be used when describing fluid collection that occur in the setting of acute pancreatitis. 3) Suggest methods that can be used to decrease the total radiation dose delivered to patients with acute pancreatitis, especially by using MR in the follow-up of fluid collections and other complications.

Soto, J, Imaging of Acute Pancreatitis: Updates You Should Know.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14002035.html