title: PET/MR Imaging for Chest Diseases: Review of Initial Studies on Pulmonary Nodules and Lung Cancers.
abstract: PET/MR imaging, a new hybrid modality, is thought to have great potential in oncologic imaging because it provides advantages of both PET, which allows functional imaging capability, and MR imaging, which allows high spatial resolution imaging without radiation exposure. Despite the inherent weakness of MR imaging in lung imaging, initial studies on lung cancer revealed that PET/MR imaging showed highly correlated standardized uptake values of lesions and equivalent performance in terms of lesion detection and staging compared with PET/computed tomography (CT). Thus, to affirm the actual clinical benefits of dedicated PET/MR imaging over PET/CT, prospective studies with more patients are warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Soon Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: jmgoo@plaza.snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jin Mo
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goo
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Gi Jeong
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Cheon
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Hybrid imaging; Lung cancer; Lung cancer staging; Lung lesion detection; MR imaging; PET