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.
Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland. fcarty@gmail.com
Fiona
F
Carty
Conor P
CP
Shortt
Martin J
MJ
Shelly
Stephen J
SJ
Eustace
Martin J
MJ
O'Connell
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging