European journal of radiology
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Accurate initial staging in breast carcinoma is important for treatment planning and for establishing the likely prognosis. The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of whole body simultaneous (18)F-FDG PET-MRI in initial staging of breast carcinoma. ⋯ In this pilot study, simultaneous (18)F-FDG PET-MR, has been found to be useful in whole-body initial staging of breast cancer patients.
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The diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters of the cervical spinal cord (CSC) changes with age. However, previous studies only examined specific CSC areas. ⋯ Important changes in MD and FA were observed with advancing age at all levels of CSC in Chinese patients. DTI parameters may be useful to assess CSC pathology, but the influence of age and segments need to be taken into account in diagnosis.