The Emerging Role of PET/MR Imaging in Gynecologic Cancers

This article summarizes recent advances in PET/MR imaging in gynecologic cancers and the emerging clinical value of PET/MR imaging in the management of the 3 most common gynecologic malignancies: cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancers. PET/MR imaging offers superior soft tissue contrast, improve...

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Published inPET clinics Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 425
Main Authors Ponisio, Maria Rosana, Fowler, Kathryn J, Dehdashti, Farrokh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2016
Subjects
Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Multimodal Imaging - methods
Positron-Emission Tomography - methods
PET/MR imaging
Uterine endometrial cancer
Ovarian epithelial cancer
Uterine cervical cancer
Gynecologic malignancies
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Summary:This article summarizes recent advances in PET/MR imaging in gynecologic cancers and the emerging clinical value of PET/MR imaging in the management of the 3 most common gynecologic malignancies: cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancers. PET/MR imaging offers superior soft tissue contrast, improved assessment of primary tumor involvement because of high-resolution multiplanar reformats, and functional MR techniques such as diffusion-weighted MR imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging. This article discusses the challenges, future directions, and technical advances of PET/MR imaging, and the emerging new multimodality, multiparametric imaging techniques for integrating morphologic, functional, and molecular imaging data.
ISSN:1879-9809
DOI:10.1016/j.cpet.2016.05.005