Jouvet Jean-Christophe, Thomson Vivien, Durupt François, Bakir Melisa, Berthezene Yves
Service de radiologie, Hôpital de la Croix Rousse, F-69002 Lyon, France.
Presse Med. 2010 May;39(5):548-52. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2009.10.005. Epub 2009 Nov 20.
Because of its excellent diagnostic performance, whole-body MRI will probably become an alternative to or replacement for positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT). The sensitivity of diffusion sequences is high. Whole body MRI is used increasingly often in oncology, for initial or follow-up staging, finding primary tumors after identifying metastases, staging for pregnant woman and children, and therapeutic follow-up. Advantages of whole-body MRI over PET-CT include the absence of irradiation as well as the greater availability, and lower cost of MRI.
由于其出色的诊断性能，全身磁共振成像（MRI）可能会成为正电子发射断层扫描和计算机断层扫描（PET-CT）的替代方案或取而代之的技术。扩散序列的灵敏度很高。全身MRI在肿瘤学中的应用越来越频繁，用于初始分期或随访分期、在发现转移瘤后寻找原发肿瘤、对孕妇和儿童进行分期以及治疗随访。全身MRI相对于PET-CT的优势包括无辐射，以及MRI的可用性更高、成本更低。
