title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the mediastinum.
abstract: Seven normal volunteers and 69 patients with known disease in either the mediastinum or hila or both were imaged using a prototype magnetic resonance imager operating at 0.15T. Normal mediastinal and hilar structures were readily identified and mediastinal diseases were well demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The value of MRI lies in the morphological demonstration of the presence and extent of disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed