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AJR Am J Roentgenol · Aug 2002
Three-dimensional volumetric interpolated breath-hold MR imaging for whole-body tumor staging in less than 15 minutes: a feasibility study.
- Thomas C Lauenstein, Susanne C Goehde, Christoph U Herborn, Wiebke Treder, Stefan G Ruehm, Jörg F Debatin, and Jörg Barkhausen.
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany.
- AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2002 Aug 1; 179 (2): 445-9.
ObjectiveThe purpose of our study was to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) volumetric interpolated breath-hold whole-body MR imaging using CT and nuclear medicine techniques as the standard of reference in patients with metastases.ConclusionThe 3D volumetric interpolated breath-hold whole-body MR imaging examination for metastases screening correlates well with CT and scintigraphy. The use of the rolling table platform permits rapid whole-body imaging in an average of 11 min. The preliminary results indicate that the described technique has the potential to emerge as an all-encompassing alternative to conventional multimodality tumor staging strategies.
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