Abstract:Objective To study the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) combined with liver acquisition with volume acceleration (LAVA) for small common bile duct stones.Methods From September 2020 to July 2022, there were altogether 163 patients with choledocholithiasis, including 84 cases of small common bile duct stones (no more than 5 mm in diameter). MRI examinations were performed before operation, including T1WI, T2WI, STIR, DWI, MRCP and LAVA, and 1 to 5 days after MR examination, surgery or ERCP lithotomy were performed. The imaging of 84 cases with small common bile duct stones were chosen in MRCP and LAVA, and the positive rates of MRCP and LAVA in the detection of small stones in the common bile duct were analyzed.Results In 84 cases of small common bile duct stones, 66 cases showed high signal changes in LAVA sequence, 62 cases showed filling defect in MRCP. LAVA combined with MRCP detected 82 positive cases of small stones in the common bile duct.Conclusion LAVA combined with MRCP is helpful to improve the diagnostic sensitivity of small common bile duct stones. The positive detection rate for small common bile duct stones of LAVA combined with MRCP is higher than that of LAVA sequence or MRCP sequence.