title: Whole-body MRI for Detecting Bone Marrow Metastases.
abstract: The bone marrow is a common site for metastasis in cancer. Accurate detection of bone marrow metastases is of major importance because of its therapeutic and prognostic implications. MRI allows direct visualization of all bone marrow components at a good spatial resolution. Furthermore, thanks to technologic advances, it is now possible to perform MRI of the entire body. For these reasons, it is a potentially valuable technique for the detection of bone marrow metastases. This article reviews whole-body MRI techniques and the diagnostic performance of whole-body MRI compared with PET for the detection of bone marrow metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands. Electronic address: thomaskwee@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Kwee
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahara
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kumamoto Central Hospital, 1-5-1, Tainoshima, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto 862-0965, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katahira
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1-3-3 Nakamichi, Higashinari-ku, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
keywords: Bone marrow; MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastases; Whole-body