Published November 2003
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Journal article
Whole-body MR imaging in tumor staging
Creators
- 1. Cappagh National Orthopaedic and Mater Misericordiae Hospitals, Dublin (Ireland)
Description
Recent refinements allow widespread use of turboSTIR MRI as a whole-body imaging tool and, in particular, as a powerful oncologic screening tool. Whole-body MRI screening can play a primary role in assessing skeletal metastases, as well as metastatic breast and lung carcinoma. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Kontraste (Hamburg)
- Journal Volume
- 47
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 2-11
- ISSN
- 0942-7112
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 36057207
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANATOMY; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; CARCINOMAS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC USES; DISPLAY DEVICES; METASTASES; NEOPLASMS; NMR IMAGING; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOMAS
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGY; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICES; COMPUTER-GRAPHICS DEVICES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; TOMOGRAPHY; USES