Whole-body MRI for the staging and follow-up of patients with metastasis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-400

  Schmidt, Gerwin P ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Baur Melnyk, Andrea ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Follow up; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tumor staging; Whole body

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION IMAGING; DYNAMIC CONTRAST; FOLLOW-UP; HIGH RESOLUTION; LUNG IMAGING; LYMPH NODE; METABOLIC INFORMATION; METASTATIC DISEASE; MULTI-MODAL; MULTI-RECEIVER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEW APPLICATIONS; PLANAR IMAGING; SCREENING APPLICATION; SOFT TISSUE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEMIC APPROACH; TUMOR IMAGING; TUMOR PATIENT; TUMOR STAGING; WHOLE BODY; WHOLE-BODY BONE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

TUMORS;

ALGORITHM; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WHOLE BODY MRI; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 67349153663     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.03.045     Document Type: Review

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