Godelman Alla, Haramati Linda B
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2008 May;16(2):309-17, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2008.02.013.
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death for men and women in the United States. Accurate cancer staging is essential for determining appropriate management and predicting prognosis. CT, along with positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose, currently is the main imaging modality for staging lung cancer. The role of MR imaging is limited, although improvements in MR imaging technology and contrast media potentially will make MR imaging a viable ionizing-radiation-free alternative.
肺癌是美国男性和女性癌症相关死亡的最常见原因。准确的癌症分期对于确定适当的治疗方案和预测预后至关重要。计算机断层扫描（CT）以及氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描，目前是肺癌分期的主要成像方式。磁共振成像（MR）的作用有限，不过MR成像技术和造影剂的改进可能会使MR成像成为一种可行的无电离辐射替代方法。
