[The role of CT and MR imaging in the diagnosis of lung cancer].
CT and MR imaging can play an important role in the diagnosis of lung cancer. Evaluation of a solitary pulmonary nodule is usually carried out using CT. High-resolution CT is useful in the morphologic diagnosis of a solitary pulmonary nodule. The enhancement characteristics of a pulmonary nodule in contrast-enhancement CT can be a method of distinguishing benign and malignant nodules. MR imaging is superior to CT in contrast resolution and multidirectional imaging capability. Contrast-enhancement MR imaging can describe the enhancement characteristics of the pulmonary lesion better than contrast-enhancement CT. The extent of chest wall and mediastinal invasion of lung cancer can be better shown using MR imaging than CT.
Itouji
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Dept. of Radiology, Kobe University School of Medicine.
Kono
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Adachi
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Kusumoto
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Mimura
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Zhang
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed