Renal Cell Carcinoma Perfusion before and after Radiofrequency Ablation Measured with Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI: A Pilot Study.

Tze Min WahSteven SourbronDaniel Jonathan WilsonDerek MageeWalter Martin Gregory Peter John Selby David L Buckley

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2018)

DCE-MRI can detect early treatment effects by measuring RCC perfusion before and after RFA. Perfusion significantly decreases in the zone of ablation, suggesting that it may be useful for the assessment of treatment efficacy. Pre-RFA RCC blood flow may be used to predict RFA treatment time.

Keyphrases

radiofrequency ablation
contrast enhanced
renal cell carcinoma
blood flow
computed tomography
diffusion weighted imaging
clinical evaluation