Whole-body imaging modalities in oncology.
This article outlines the expanding approaches to whole-body imaging in oncology focusing on whole-body MRI and comparing it to emerging applications of whole-body CT, scintigraphy, and above all PET CT imaging. Whole-body MRI is widely available, non-ionizing and rapidly acquired, and inexpensive relative to PET CT. While it has many advantages, WBMRI is non-specific and, when compared to PET CT, is less sensitive. This article expands each of these issues comparing individual modalities as they refer to specific cancers.
Carty
Fiona
F
Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland. fcarty@gmail.com
Shortt
Conor P
CP
Shelly
Martin J
MJ
Eustace
Stephen J
SJ
O'Connell
Martin J
MJ
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging