Differentiation of lung cancer and radiation fibrosis using magnetic resonance images: a case study.
We used magnetic resonance imaging to differentiate residual and recurrent lung cancer from the surrounding radiation pulmonary fibrosis in a 62-year-old patient. The cancer's signal intensity was greater than the fibrotic lung tissue's intensity in an ECG-gated image with relatively short repetition and echo times and, also, in images with long repetition and echo times.
Shioya
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Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Haida
M
M
Ono
Y
Y
Ohta
T
T
Hayashi
Y
Y
Kurata
T
T
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed