Luboldt, Wolfgang; Küfer, Rainer; Blumstein, Norbert; Toussaint, Todd L; Kluge, Alexander; Seemann, Marcus D; Luboldt, Hans-Joachim (2008). Prostate carcinoma: diffusion-weighted imaging as potential alternative to conventional MR and 11C-choline PET/CT for detection of bone metastases. Radiology, 249(3), pp. 1017-25. Oak Brook, Ill.: Radiological Society of North America RSNA 10.1148/radiol.2492080038
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)In a technical development study approved by the institutional ethics committee, the feasibility of fast diffusion-weighted imaging as a replacement for conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging sequences (short inversion time inversion recovery [STIR] and T1-weighted spin echo [SE]) and positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) in the detection of skeletal metastases from prostate cancer was evaluated. MR imaging and carbon 11 ((11)C) choline PET/CT data from 11 consecutive prostate cancer patients with bone metastases were analyzed. Diffusion-weighted imaging appears to be equal, if not superior, to STIR and T1-weighted SE sequences and equally as effective as (11)C-choline PET/CT in detection of bone metastases in these patients. Diffusion-weighted imaging should be considered for further evaluation and comparisons with PET/CT for comprehensive whole-body staging and restaging in prostate and other cancers.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Radiation Oncology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Blumstein, Norbert Manfred |
ISSN: |
0033-8419 |
ISBN: |
18849502 |
Publisher: |
Radiological Society of North America RSNA |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:05 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:20 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1148/radiol.2492080038 |
PubMed ID: |
18849502 |
Web of Science ID: |
000261139300035 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/28296 (FactScience: 119659) |
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