Ladd SC, Ladd ME. Perspectives for preventive screening with total body MRI.
Eur Radiol 2007;
17:2889-97. [PMID:
17549492 DOI:
10.1007/s00330-007-0657-3]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Revised: 02/19/2007] [Accepted: 03/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
Radiology has started to increasingly recognise its potential for screening with the advent of "whole-body" imaging techniques. This article briefly reviews prerequisites for successful screening, presents a quick summary of single-organ screening with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and introduces how this knowledge can be integrated into whole-body MR (wb-MR) screening. MR colonography has demonstrated its potential for screening. Wb-MR in the form of wb-MR angiography has already entered both clinical and screening settings; also, the search for metastases with wb-MR has been evaluated and has performed well when compared with other imaging modalities. But screening a group of healthy subjects requires more than feasibility and high accuracy of the screening test; thus, technical and ethical considerations are also presented. Wb-MR is only at its beginning and will in the near future certainly inspire many new research activities as well as transform the radiological market.
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