3-T MRI: Usefulness for Evaluating Primary Lung Cancer and Small Nodules in Lobes Not Containing Primary Tumors

Abstract

Both T1-weighted 3D turbo field-echo and T2-weighted triple inversion black blood turbo spin-echo 3-T MR images depict clinically significant small (5-10 mm in diameter) noncalcified pulmonary nodules nearly as well as do CT scans.