Lucia Flors MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Carlos Leiva-Salinas MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Patrick T. Norton MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Talissa A. Altes MD, Abstract Co-Author: Research Grant, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Research Grant, Novartis AG Speaker, Koninklijke Philips NV Speaker, Guerbet SA

Klaus D. Hagspiel MD, Abstract Co-Author: Research Grant, Siemens AG

• Review the protocol to study thoracic pathology with MRI • Summarize the different applications of thoracic MRI                                                                                                                         

• Thoracic MR: advantages and limitations • Protocol – Morphology – Function (diffusion, perfusion, respiratory dynamics) – New contrast materials: Hyperpolarized gases, O2 enhanced MRI – Common artifacts • Applications – Vascular pathology: aorta, pulmonary embolism and hypertension, congenital pathology  – Mediastinal masses – Lung cancer: Pancoast tumor, TNM staging, response to therapy – Pleura: effusion, benign vs maligant pathology, mesothelioma – Chest wall lesions – Pulmonary parenchyma: nodules, masses, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease • Main clinical indications  

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Flors, L, Leiva-Salinas, C, Norton, P, Altes, T, Hagspiel, K, Thoracic Applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14008180.html