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Magnetic resonance imaging of the chest in the evaluation of cancer patients: state of the art
- Source :
- Radiologia Brasileira v.48 n.1 2015, Radiologia Brasileira, Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem (CBR), instacron:CBR
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Publicação do Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem, 2015.
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Abstract
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has several advantages in the evaluation of cancer patients with thoracic lesions, including involvement of the chest wall, pleura, lungs, mediastinum, esophagus and heart. It is a quite useful tool in the diagnosis, staging, surgical planning, treatment response evaluation and follow-up of these patients. In the present review, the authors contextualize the relevance of MRI in the evaluation of thoracic lesions in cancer patients. Considering that MRI is a widely available method with high contrast and spatial resolution and without the risks associated with the use of ionizing radiation, its use combined with new techniques such as cine-MRI and functional methods such as perfusion- and diffusion-weighted imaging may be useful as an alternative tool with performance comparable or complementary to conventional radiological methods such as radiography, computed tomography and PET/CT imaging in the evaluation of patients with thoracic neoplasias.
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Radiologia Brasileira v.48 n.1 2015, Radiologia Brasileira, Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem (CBR), instacron:CBR
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......3056..73923da0a278b29b8d4f310f246f4adb