Finding Hidden Tumors.

The article reveals that doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital led by Gordon Harris are using whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the hallmarks of a genetic disease called neurofibromatosis. It notes that the MRI provides detailed anatomical images that map out the location and size of each tumor but it does not reveal anything about the activity of tumors and other tissues. The primary technological advances over traditional MRI are a table that moves a patient through the machine smoothly enough not to blur the image and software that can seamlessly weave together five or six sets of images.