Magnetic resonance (MR) angiography of the pulmonary arteries is a rapidly evolving technique with proven clinical usefulness. Multiple-step protocols, such as MR perfusion followed by high–spatial resolution MR angiography, seem…
MR imaging of thoracic veins is performed to evaluate the heart and thoracic vasculature. The protocol can be customized to the clinical question. In the embryo, systemic and pulmonary vein…
Pre- and postoperative evaluation, serial follow-up studies, and screening examinations of the aorta are performed with noninvasive cross-sectional imaging modalities like CT and MR imaging. MR imaging allows for dedicated…
PET/MR imaging, a new hybrid modality, is thought to have great potential in oncologic imaging because it provides advantages of both PET, which allows functional imaging capability, and MR imaging,…
Functional imaging offers information more sensitive to changes in lung structure and function. Hyperpolarized helium ( 3 He) and xenon ( 129 Xe) MR imaging of the lungs provides sensitive…
MR imaging has emerged as a major new research and diagnostic tool for various pulmonary diseases, especially lung cancer. State-of-the art thoracic MR imaging now has the potential to be…
Tumors of the chest wall are uncommon lesions that represent approximately 5% of all thoracic malignancies. These tumors comprise a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that may arise from osseous structures…
Computed tomography is the first-line modality for evaluation of chest diseases primarily because of its spatial resolution. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is used as a problem-solving tool to answer key…
The high soft tissue contrast of MR imaging enables superior tissue characterization of mediastinal masses, adding diagnostic specificity and often changing and benefiting clinical management. MR imaging can better discern…
Thymoma is the most common primary malignancy of the anterior mediastinum and the most common thymic epithelial neoplasm, but it is a rare tumor that constitutes less than 1% of…
