1. Application of PET/MRI in Gynecologic Malignancies
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Ebrahimi, Sheida, Lundström, Elin, Batasin, Summer J, Hedlund, Elisabeth, Stålberg, Karin, Ehman, Eric C, Sheth, Vipul R, Iranpour, Negaur, Loubrie, Stephane, Schlein, Alexandra, and Rakow-Penner, Rebecca
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Oncology and Carcinogenesis ,Cancer ,Bioengineering ,Women's Health ,Clinical Research ,Biomedical Imaging ,Detection ,screening and diagnosis ,4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies ,4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies ,PET/MRI ,gynecological malignancy ,cervical cancer ,endometrial cancer ,ovarian cancer ,vaginal cancer ,Oncology and carcinogenesis - Abstract
The diagnosis, treatment, and management of gynecologic malignancies benefit from both positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and MRI. PET/CT provides important information on the local extent of disease as well as diffuse metastatic involvement. MRI offers soft tissue delineation and loco-regional disease involvement. The combination of these two technologies is key in diagnosis, treatment planning, and evaluating treatment response in gynecological malignancies. This review aims to assess the performance of PET/MRI in gynecologic cancer patients and outlines the technical challenges and clinical advantages of PET/MR systems when specifically applied to gynecologic malignancies.
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- 2024