Emerging techniques: Whole‐body screening and staging with MRI
- 3 August 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Vol. 24 (3), 489-498
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.20666
Abstract
Strategies for screening or tumor staging include various modalities such as plain radiography, computed tomography (CT), MRI, and ultrasound. Technical innovations have created the feasibility to use MRI to image the entire body in a relatively short time‐period. Whole‐body MRI may play a potentially important role in evaluating for cancer or vascular disease. This article describes the rationale for using MRI to display the entire body, the techniques employed in whole‐body MRI, possibilities and limitations, and summarizes first clinical results for screening and staging purposes. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2006.Keywords
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