Screening for lung cancer: Does MRI have a role?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2017, Pages 353-360

  Biederer, Juergen ^a,b,c   Ohno, Yoshiharu ^d   Hatabu, Hiroto ^e   Schiebler, Mark L ^f   van Beek, Edwin J R ^g   Vogel Claussen, Jens ^h,i   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Heidelberg Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC)   (Germany)

^c Department of Radiology   (Germany)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

ⁱ Member of the German Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Lung cancer; Lung nodules; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiparametric imaging; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER; COMPUTER AIDED NODULE DETECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CONTRAST MEDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84994519244     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.09.016     Document Type: Review

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