title: MRI in lung cancer: a pictorial essay.
abstract: Imaging studies play a critical role in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. CT and 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography CT (PET/CT) are widely and routinely used for staging and assessment of treatment response. Many radiologists still use MRI only for the assessment of superior sulcus tumours, and in cases where invasion of the spinal cord canal is suspected. MRI can detect and stage lung cancer, and this method could be an excellent alternative to CT or PET/CT in the investigation of lung malignancies and other diseases. This pictorial essay discusses the use of MRI in the investigation of lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Brazil. brunohochhegger@gmail.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hochhegger
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marchiori
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sedlaczek
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irion
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Heussel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ley-Zaporozhan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soares Souza
authors.forename: H-U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Kauczor
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18