Dear AuntMinnie Member,
A principal outcome of more frequent multidetector-row CT imaging of the liver has been a sharp increase in the number of suspicious lesions detected. But while MDCT is good at finding such lesions, it is less adept at characterizing them as either malignant or benign.
That's where MRI can step in, according to a study we're featuring in our MRI Digital Community from this week's American Roentgen Ray Society meeting. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found that MRI can be more effective than CT in the diagnostic workup of patients with suspicious liver lesions, according to an article by staff writer Tracie L. Thompson.
Radiologists viewing MRI studies had higher diagnostic confidence than when viewing CT, and MRI was more accurate than CT in accurately predicting which patients had malignant lesions.
The researchers believe that adding MRI to the diagnostic algorithm for suspected liver lesions could result in fewer unnecessary biopsies and serial follow-up scans than if CT is used. Read all about it by clicking here, or go to our MRI Digital Community at mri.auntminnie.com for the rest of the news in the world of MRI.
