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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)…
Read MoreMorphologic 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…
Read MoreImaging 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…
Read MoreAssessment 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,…
Read MoreDynamic 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…
Read MorePleural 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,…
Read MoreMagnetic 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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