Fat-suppressed gadolinium-enhanced isotropic high-resolution 3D-GRE-T1WI for predicting small node metastases in patients with rectal cancer.

Yan ChenXinyue YangZiqiang WenBaolan LuXiaojuan XiaoBingqi ShenShen-Ping Yu

Published in: Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society (2018)

Enhancement characteristics based on fat-suppressed gadolinium-enhanced isotropic high-resolution 3D-GRE-T1WI were helpful for diagnosing metastatic nodes in rectal cancer and were a reliable indicator for nodes ≤5 mm.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
high resolution
locally advanced
adipose tissue
sentinel lymph node
squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node
small cell lung cancer
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
mass spectrometry
fatty acid
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
tandem mass spectrometry
computed tomography