| Author/Editor | Podobnik, Janez; Kocijančič, Igor; Kovač, Viljem; Serša, Igor | |
| Title | 3T MRI in evaluation of asbestos-related thoracic diseases - preliminary results | |
| Translated title | Uporaba 3T MR slikanja pri odkrivanju bolezni, povezanimi z azbestom | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | Radiol Oncol | |
| Vol. and No. | Letnik 44, št. 2 | |
| Publication year | 2010 | |
| Volume | str. 92-6 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Abstract | Background. 3T high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners have recently become available for the clinical use and are being increasingly applied in the field of whole-body imaging and chest imaging as well. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic potential of 3 T MRI as a complementary imaging modality to CT in detecting the pathological changes of asbestos-related thoracic diseases. Patients and methods. Fifteen patients with the asbestos-related thoracic disease were scheduled for 3T MRI. Five had a benign form of the disease and 10 had malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). From the patients with a benign form of the disease their last CT examination in digital form was acquired and patients with MPM were scheduled for CT examination with contrast media. The protocol of MR imaging consists of T2-weighted cardiac-gated breathhold turbo spin echo (TSE) sequences in coronal, sagittal and axial plane and T1-weighted cardiac-gated breath-hold TSE black blood in axial plane. In T2-weighted sequences in axial plane, fat saturation was also used. CT examinations were obtained with the administration of the contrast medium from lung apices to the lower end of the liver. Images of 5 mm (mediastinum window) and 3 mm (lung window) in axial plan were reconstructed. MRI signal intensity of lesions and adjacent muscles on Syngo MultiModality Work Place were measured. Results. Compared to muscles pleural plaques appeared hypo-intense to iso-intense on T1 weighted images (in 100%) and also hypo-intense on T2 fs-weighted images (in 100%). MPM appeared inhomogeneous hypo-intense to iso-intense on T1-weighted and hyperintense on T2 fs-weighted images in all patients (100%). (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters). | |
| Descriptors | ASBESTOSIS PLEURAL NEOPLASMS MESOTHELIOMA MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED |