Kono M, Adachi S, Yamasaki K, Itouji E, Kusumoto M, Sakai E, Endo M
Department of Radiology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
Radiat Med. 1993 May-Jun;11(3):110-21.
It is of vital importance not only to prevent lung cancer but also to detect and treat it as early as possible. Plain chest X-ray examination often provides preliminary data useful for the early detection of lung cancer, and multiple diagnostic modalities such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to obtain more accurate information. The authors describe the clinical utility of imaging diagnosis by computed radiography (CR), advanced multiple beam equalization radiography (AMBER), CT, and MRI in term of the imaging-pathologic correlation. We would like to emphasize that these modalities are not competitive but supplementary. It should be anticipated that, as technological improvements continue to be made, each modality will assume an increasingly important role in the imaging of lung cancer.
预防肺癌以及尽早发现和治疗肺癌都至关重要。胸部X线平片检查常常能提供有助于早期发现肺癌的初步数据，而多种诊断方式如计算机断层扫描（CT）和磁共振成像（MRI）则用于获取更准确的信息。作者从影像-病理相关性的角度描述了计算机X线摄影（CR）、先进多束均衡X线摄影（AMBER）、CT和MRI等成像诊断的临床应用价值。我们要强调的是，这些方式并非相互竞争而是相互补充的。可以预期，随着技术不断改进，每种方式在肺癌成像中将发挥越来越重要的作用。
