The Superiority of MRI in Lung Cancer, Pulmonary Nodule and Thoracic Neoplasm Evaluation

This book highlights the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the evaluation of lung and thoracic tumors. MRI will become a standard examination for lung cancer, pulmonary nodules/masses, and thoracic neoplasms. This is due to it being economical and providing no radiation exposure to patients. Compared to computerized tomography (CT), MRI allows for qualitative analysis of benign or malignant disease, not just morphology. Compared to positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET-CT), MRI enables early assessment of therapeutic effects, is inexpensive, and does not require radioactive isotopes. This book is useful for the assessment of lung and thoracic neoplasms and should be recommended reading for doctors dealing with thoracic diseases. Those who will find this book most useful are physicians, respiratory physicians, radiologists and thoracic surgeons who are interested in MRI examinations, as well as MRI companies, general hospitals and publishers of radiology.