Editing Peritoneum (section)

===Imaging assessment===
CT scan is a fast (15 seconds) and efficient way in visualising the peritoneal spaces. Although ultrasound is good at visualizing peritoneal collections and ascites, without ionising radiation, it does not provide a good overall assessment of all the peritoneal cavities. MRI scan is also increasingly used to visualise peritoneal diseases, but requires long scan time (30 to 45 minutes) and prone to motion artifacts due to respiration and peristalsis and chemical shift artifacts at the bowel-mesentery interface. Those with peritoneal carcinomatosis, acute pancreatitis, and intraabdominal sepsis may not tolerate prolonged MRI scan.<ref name="Tirkes 2012">{{Cite journal |last1=Tirkes |first1=Temel |last2=Sandrasegaran |first2=Kumaresan |last3=Patel |first3=Aashish A. |last4=Hollar |first4=Margaret A. |last5=Tejada |first5=Juan G. |last6=Tann |first6=Mark |last7=Akisik |first7=Fatih M. |last8=Lappas |first8=John C. |date=March 2012 |title=Peritoneal and Retroperitoneal Anatomy and Its Relevance for Cross-Sectional Imaging |url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/rg.322115032 |journal=RadioGraphics |language=en |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=437–451 |doi=10.1148/rg.322115032 |pmid=22411941 |issn=0271-5333|url-access=subscription }}</ref>