Whole-Body Imaging Modalities in Oncology

Fiona Carty; Conor P Shortt; Martin J Shelly; Stephen J Eustace; Martin J O'Connell

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1248707

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology, Table of Contents

Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2010; 14(1): 068-085
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1248707

Whole-Body Imaging Modalities in Oncology

Fiona Carty¹ , Conor P. Shortt² , Martin J. Shelly³ , Stephen J. Eustace¹ ^, ³ ^, ⁴ , Martin J. O'Connell³

¹Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland
²Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
³Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
⁴Department of Radiology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This article outlines the expanding approaches to whole-body imaging in oncology focusing on whole-body MRI and comparing it to emerging applications of whole-body CT, scintigraphy, and above all PET CT imaging. Whole-body MRI is widely available, non-ionizing and rapidly acquired, and inexpensive relative to PET CT. While it has many advantages, WBMRI is non-specific and, when compared to PET CT, is less sensitive. This article expands each of these issues comparing individual modalities as they refer to specific cancers.

KEYWORDS

WBMRI - whole-body CT - PETCT - oncology

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Fiona CartyM.B.

Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital

Finglas, Dublin 11, Ireland

Email: fcarty@gmail.com