Whole-body MR imaging in a multimodality world: current applications, limitations, and future potential for comprehensive musculoskeletal imaging.
Whole-body imaging offers the promise of global disease assessment. This article reviews clinical status, and technical limitations and future prospects of this exciting technology. In particular, it describes technical aspects of magnetic resonance (MR) angiography, MR lymphography, and, in particular, total-body MR imaging.
Meaney
James F M
JF
Department of Radiology, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Jmeaney@meaneys.com
Fagan
Andrew
A
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D051598:Whole Body Imaging