HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Abstract Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Lauenstein, T. C. Articles by Barkhausen, J. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Lauenstein, T. C. Articles by Barkhausen, J. Social Bookmarking                      What's this?

Three-Dimensional Volumetric Interpolated Breath-Hold MR Imaging for Whole-Body Tumor Staging in Less Than 15 Minutes: A Feasibility Study

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Cancer Research, University Hospital Essen, D-45122 Essen, Germany.

View larger version (105K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. —Photograph shows patient in supine position on rolling table platform capable of pulling patient through magnet bore and phased array surface coil. Rolling table platform is mounted on original patient table. Signal reception uses two elements of spine coil, which are integrated into patient table, and body phased array coil, which remains stationary, attached to patient table in bore.

View larger version (143K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2A. —39-year-old woman with breast cancer. Whole-body MR image of liver shows hepatic metastasis (arrow).

View larger version (118K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2B. —39-year-old woman with breast cancer. Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan confirms presence of hepatic metastasis (arrow) shown in A.

View larger version (85K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3A. —54-year-old woman with breast cancer. Whole-body MR image of lungs shows pulmonary metastases (arrows).

View larger version (106K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3B. —54-year-old woman with breast cancer. Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan confirms presence of pulmonary metastases (arrows) shown in A.

View larger version (141K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4A. —53-year-old woman with breast cancer and osseous metastases. Coronal reformatted whole-body MR image of pelvis shows osseous metastases (arrows).

View larger version (107K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4B. —53-year-old woman with breast cancer and osseous metastases. Whole-body MR image of thorax shows bone metastasis in right rib (arrow).

View larger version (43K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4C. —53-year-old woman with breast cancer and osseous metastases. Skeletal scintigram confirms presence of bone metastases (arrows) shown in A and B.

View larger version (108K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5A. —36-year-old man with testicular carcinoma. Oblique reformatted MR image shows 10-mm cerebral metastasis (arrow).

View larger version (111K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5B. —36-year-old man with testicular carcinoma. Contrast-enhanced CT scan of brain confirms cerebral metastasis (arrow) shown in A.

CiteULike

Complore

Connotea

Del.icio.us

Digg

Reddit

Technorati