title: MRI of pulmonary nodules.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to review the current status of MRI for evaluation of pulmonary nodules.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although clinical applications of pulmonary MRI face technical limitations, currently available MRI methods have contributed to morphologic and functional evaluations of pulmonary nodules.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-Ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa 216-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashiro
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.forename: Shoichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Kunihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagihashi
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000473:pathology*