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Cancer
New cancer research has been reported by scientists at University of Texas
June 18th, 2009
In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To develop and demonstrate the feasibility of multisequence and multiplanar MRI for whole-body cancer detection. Two fast Dixon-based sequences and a diffusion-weighted sequence were used on a commercially available 1.5 T scanner for whole-body cancer detection." "The study enrolled 19 breast cancer patients with known metastases and in multistations acquired whole-body axial diffusion-weighted, coronal T2-weighted, axial/sagittal pre- and postcontrast T1-weighted, as well as triphasic abdomen images. Three radiologists subjectively scored Dixon images of each series for overall image quality and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-18)
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