Diffusion-weighted imaging as part of hybrid PET/MRI protocols for whole-body cancer staging: Does it benefit lesion detection?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 877-882

  Buchbender, Christian ^a   Hartung Knemeyer, Verena ^b   Beiderwellen, Karsten ^b   Heusch, Philipp ^a   Kühl, Hilmar ^b   Lauenstein, Thomas C ^b   Forsting, Michael ^b   Antoch, Gerald ^a   Heusner, Till A ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; MRI; PET; PET CT; PET MRI; Staging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT COMFORT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UVEA MELANOMA; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84875694233     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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