MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE THORAX
| Autor: | Klaus W. Stock, Hiroto Hatabu, Eric Garpestad, Keith J. Edinburgh, David L. Levin, Scott Sher, Vu M. Mai, Robert R. Edelman, Qun Chen, Mitchell S. Albert |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Thorax medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test Arterial disease business.industry Radiography Mediastinum Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Pulmonary function testing medicine.anatomical_structure Great vessels Lung disease Thoracic diseases medicine.artery Intensive care Thorax (insect anatomy) Functional mr Medicine Thoracic aorta Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Clinics in Chest Medicine. 20:775-803 |
| ISSN: | 0272-5231 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70255-0 |
| Popis: | The Internet is changing the industry, service, economics, delivery, and practice of science and medicine. How many of us could have predicted the changes brought by the Internet a decade ago? Similarly, MR imaging has dramatically changed the practice of medicine, especially neurology and orthopedics. The thorax has been least influenced by MR imaging. Will it remain relatively uninfluenced by MR imaging in the twenty-first century? In general, the imaging procedures of choice in pulmonary medicine are chest radiography and CT. Chest radiography provides instant and inexpensive imaging of the cardiopulmonary system, and plays a primary role in screening, emergency medicine, and intensive care settings. CT scans provide exquisite images of the lung and mediastinum, including the great vessels, within 10 to 20 seconds. CT scans are an essential part of staging lung cancer. High-resolution CT yields detailed images of the lung parenchyma. MR imaging is a valuable modality for specific problem-solving of issues in the thorax, which include evaluation of mediastinal masses, superior sulcus tumors, and the thoracic aorta. The advantages of MR imaging include multiplanar imaging, high tissue contrast, flow sensitivity, and use of gadolinium contrast agents. This article presents: (1) MR applications for imaging the great vessels, the most important current application in the thorax; (2) a summary of other established applications in the thorax; and (3) newer applications in the thorax, particularly MR imaging of pulmonary function. |
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