TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of CT and MR imaging in staging lung cancer
AU - Adachi, S.
AU - Kono, M.
AU - Itouji, E.
AU - Kusumoto, M.
AU - Mimura, F.
AU - Kimura, K.
AU - Motoyama, A.
AU - Ohno, Y.
AU - Sakai, E.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - We review the diagnostic accuracy of T-factor, and discuss the role of CT and MR imaging in staging lung cancer. CT and MR imaging show almost the same diagnostic accuracy, but currently CT is considered more useful than MR and the first diagnostic modality in staging lung cancer due to its superior spatial and time resolution. MR imaging is better than CT for the detection of pleural, chest-wall and mediastinal invasion due to its superior contrast resolution and multidirectional imaging capability. MR imaging should be used as the imaging modality to solve the specific question raised by CT, or to take the information which is difficult to get by CT.
AB - We review the diagnostic accuracy of T-factor, and discuss the role of CT and MR imaging in staging lung cancer. CT and MR imaging show almost the same diagnostic accuracy, but currently CT is considered more useful than MR and the first diagnostic modality in staging lung cancer due to its superior spatial and time resolution. MR imaging is better than CT for the detection of pleural, chest-wall and mediastinal invasion due to its superior contrast resolution and multidirectional imaging capability. MR imaging should be used as the imaging modality to solve the specific question raised by CT, or to take the information which is difficult to get by CT.
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M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0029769638
SN - 0009-9252
VL - 41
SP - 843
EP - 851
JO - Japanese Journal of Clinical Radiology
JF - Japanese Journal of Clinical Radiology
IS - 8
ER -