title: [Role of MRI for detection and characterization of pulmonary nodules].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Due to physical and technical limitations, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has hitherto played only a minor role in image-based diagnostics of the lungs. However, as a consequence of important methodological developments during recent years, MRI has developed into a technically mature and clinically well-proven method for specific pulmonary questions.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to provide an overview on the currently available sequences and techniques for assessment of pulmonary nodules and analyzes the clinical significance according to the current literature. The main focus is on the detection of lung metastases, the detection of primary pulmonary malignancies in high-risk individuals and the differentiation between pulmonary nodules of benign and malignant character.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MRI technique has a sensitivity of approximately 80 % for detection of malignant pulmonary nodules compared to the reference standard low-dose computed tomography (CT) and is thus somewhat inferior to CT. Advantages of MRI on the other hand are a higher specificity in differentiating malignant and benign pulmonary nodules and the absence of ionizing radiation exposure. A systematic use of MRI as a primary tool for detection and characterization of pulmonary nodules is currently not recommended due to insufficient data. The diagnostic potential of MRI for early detection and staging of malignant pulmonary diseases, however, seems promising. Therefore, further evaluation of MRI as a secondary imaging modality in clinical trials is highly warranted.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsspital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Schweiz, gregor.sommer@usb.ch.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koenigkam-Santos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biederer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puderbach
mesh_terms: D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
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