MR Imaging of Benign and Malignant Pleural Disease

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America. 2008 May;16(2):319-39. [Link] Gill RR, Gerbaudo VH, Jacobson FL, Trotman-Dickenson B, Matsuoka S, Hunsaker A, Sugarbaker DJ, Hatabu H. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Abstract MR imaging serves as a problem-solving tool in the diagnosis of…

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Therapy response in malignant pleural mesothelioma-role of MRI using RECIST, modified RECIST and volumetric approaches in comparison with CT

European Radiology. 2008 Mar 28 [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Plathow C, Klopp M, Thieke C, Herth F, Thomas A, Schmaehl A, Zuna I, Kauczor HU. Department of Nuclearmedicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany, christian.plathow@uniklinik-freiburg.de. Abstract To evaluate and compare early therapy response according to RECIST (response evaluation criteria in solid tumours)…

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Morphologic and functional imaging of malignant pleural mesothelioma

European Journal of Radiology. 2007 Dec;64(3):356-66. Epub 2007 Oct 22. [Link] Yamamuro M, Gerbaudo VH, Gill RR, Jacobson FL, Sugarbaker DJ, Hatabu H. Department of Radiology and Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, United States. Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive tumor that arises…

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Imaging of pleural disease

Clinics in Chest Medicine. 2006 Jun;27(2):193-213. [Link] Qureshi NR, Gleeson FV. Department of Radiology, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK. nagmiqureshi@doctors.org.uk Abstract Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and subsequent management of patients with pleural disease. The presence of a pleural abnormality is usually suggested following a routine chest x-ray, with a…

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Assessment of Differential Pulmonary Blood Flow Using Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Comparison With Radionuclide Perfusion Scintigraphy

Investigative Radiology. 2006 Aug;41(8):624-630. [Link] Molinari F, Fink C, Risse F, Tuengerthal S, Bonomo L, Kauczor HU. From the *Department of Radiological Sciences, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy; daggerDepartment of Radiology and section signMedical Physics in Radiology, Deutsches Krebsforchungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; double daggerInstitute of Clinical Radiology Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, University Clinics Grosshadern, Munich,…

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Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Feasibility Study of Noninvasive Assessment, Therapeutic Follow-up, and Possible Predictor of Improved Outcome

Chest. 2006 Jun;129(6):1570-6. [Link] Frederik L. Giesel, MD; Helge Bischoff, MD; Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk, MD; Marc-André Weber, MD; Christian M. Zechmann, MD; Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, MD and Michael V. Knopp, MD, PhD * From the German Cancer Research Center (Drs. Giesel, Tengg-Kobligk, Weber, Zechmann, and Kauczor), Department of Radiology, Heidelberg, Germany; Thoraxklinik (Dr. Bischoff), Heidelberg; and…

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Pleural mesothelioma: imaging contribution

Revue de Pneumologique Clinique. 2006 Apr;62(2):117-23. [Link] Laurent F, Corneloup O, Montaudon M, Latrabe V, Laffon E. Unite d’Imagerie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Hopital du Haut-Leveque, CHU de Bordeaux, 33604 Pessac. francois.laurent@chu-bordeaux.fr Abstract Imaging plays an essential role in management of patients of with pleural mesothelioma. In this article, we discuss the respective roles for ultrasonography,…

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Magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of pneumonia

Der Radiologe. 2006 Jan 5; [Epub ahead of print]. [Link] R. Eibel1, 3 Contact Information, P. Herzog1, O. Dietrich1, C. Rieger2, H. Ostermann2, M. Reiser1 und S. O. Schoenberg1 Institut für Klinische Radiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Abteilung für Hämatologie/Onkologie, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Klinische Radiologie, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, 80336 München Abstract…

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