Research progress of functional imaging in renal carcinoma
WEI Jinyan
ZHOU Junlin
YUE Songhong
Abstract：Renal cell carcinoma is the most common primary malignant of kidney. Imaging examination is the main diagnostic tool. In recent years, functional imaging has been applied in clinical diagnosis. Functional imaging can be used to evaluate and monitor the occurrence, progress and prognosis of diseases from morphological and functional change. It is helpful in early detection and diagnosis, evaluation of treatment effect, and predicting prognosis of the tumor. In this paper we reviewed the research progress of functional imaging in renal carcinoma, introduced the clinical values of CT, MRI, nuclear medicine and ultrasound functional imaging in renal carcinoma diagnosis and preoperative evaluation, and compared the advantages and weaknesses of functional imaging tools.
Keywords：Renal carcinomaFunctional imagingTomographySpectral CTFunctional MRINuclear medicineUltrasound
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 445-448,470 )