Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging: emerging applications.
Beyond established roles in the assessment of skeletal metastatic disease, in muscle diseases and in myeloma, WBMRI has the potential to offer many further valuable clinical applications. This article presents an overview of emerging clinical applications of WBMRI emphasizing its role in the assessment of musculoskeletal ailments, ranging from the assessment of arthropathy through to body composition research.
Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. collerangabrielle@hotmail.com
Gabrielle C
GC
Colleran
Michael R
MR
Moynagh
Katarina
K
Tavernaraki
Martin J
MJ
Shelly
Stephen J
SJ
Eustace
Eoin C
EC
Kavanagh
D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D051598:Whole Body Imaging