MR imaging of lung cancer.
Computed tomography of the chest is the present mainstay of cross-sectional imaging in patients with lung cancer. MR imaging, however, plays a complementary role in evaluating apical tumor and is often used as a problem-solving tool when CT findings are equivocal. New developments such as contrast-enhanced MR imaging and whole-body MR imaging may broaden the indications for this technique in the future.
Haramati
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Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
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D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008482:Mediastinum; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness