| Autor: |
Wolfgang, Luboldt, Rainer, Küfer, Norbert, Blumstein, Todd L, Toussaint, Alexander, Kluge, Marcus D, Seemann, Hans-Joachim, Luboldt |
| Rok vydání: |
2008 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Radiology. 249(3) |
| ISSN: |
1527-1315 |
| Popis: |
In a technical development study approved by the institutional ethics committee, the feasibility of fast diffusion-weighted imaging as a replacement for conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging sequences (short inversion time inversion recovery [STIR] and T1-weighted spin echo [SE]) and positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) in the detection of skeletal metastases from prostate cancer was evaluated. MR imaging and carbon 11 ((11)C) choline PET/CT data from 11 consecutive prostate cancer patients with bone metastases were analyzed. Diffusion-weighted imaging appears to be equal, if not superior, to STIR and T1-weighted SE sequences and equally as effective as (11)C-choline PET/CT in detection of bone metastases in these patients. Diffusion-weighted imaging should be considered for further evaluation and comparisons with PET/CT for comprehensive whole-body staging and restaging in prostate and other cancers. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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