title: [Possibilities of whole-body MRI for investigating musculoskeletal diseases].
abstract: This contribution outlines possibilities and limitations of whole-body MRI for investigating musculoskeletal diseases. Benefits and drawbacks of the novel whole-body MRI technology are discussed and a possible whole-body MRI sequence protocol for musculoskeletal examinations is proposed. Muscle, joint and bone diseases are discussed in which the application of whole-body MRI may be of advantage. Particularly, polymyositis, muscledystrophy, rheumatoid arthritis, spondylitis ancylosans, multiple trauma, skeletal metastases, multiple myeloma and malignant lymphoma are mentioned. Whole-body MRI opens new advantages for the examination of multifocal musculoskeletal diseases. The clinical benefit of this method for particular diseases has to be evaluated in further studies, however.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Diagnostische Radiologie, Klinikum der Eberhardt-Karls-Universität Tübingen. sabine.lenk@mri-online.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lenk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kötter
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Claussen
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Schlemmer
mesh_terms: D020083:Acquired Hyperostosis Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000293:injuries; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000175:diagnosis; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000175:diagnosis; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed