Potential clinical application of positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging in lung cancer
FAN Li
WANG Yun
XIA Yi
GUAN Yu
LI Qiong
LIU Shiyuan
Abstract：Positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI), as a new hybrid imaging tool, has not been fully studied. Considering the priority of MRI to CT, such as high soft tissue contrast, no ionizing radiation, multiparameters imaging, and capability of providing more function information, the combination of PET and MRI may have greater potential in lung cancer than PET/CT. In this review article, the different PET/MRI systems are introduced briefly. The potential application of PET/MRI in lung cancer are mainly described in terms of detection of lung nodule, differential diagnosis of lung nodule, TNM staging, prognostic prediction, therapeutic response evaluation, and recurrence detection.
Keywords：Lung cancerPositron emission tomographyMagnetic resonance imagingTomographyX-ray computed
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 285-290 )