Ability of three-dimensional 3-Tesla ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging to display the morphological characteristics of pulmonary nodules: a sensitivity analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Radiation-free lung cancer screening will reduce/eliminate radiation exposure in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with lung cancer.

Methods

This was a prospective study. The participants were recruited using convenience sampling. A total of 36 patients with pulmonary nodules [patients with single or multiple pulmonary nodules >4 and <30 mm on their pulmonary computed tomography (CT) scans] who were admitted to Fudan University Zhongshan Hospital's Xiamen branch were enrolled; they underwent a CT scan and a free-breathing ultrashort time-of-echo (UTE) sequence scan using a 3-Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. The CT examinations were regarded as the reference standard. Patients had an interval time of <3 days between their CT and MRI examina

SUBMITTER: Wang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10006142 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature