MAGNETOM Flash - September 2009DWI - September 2009

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MAGNETOM Flash - September 2009

Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is currently one of the fastest-emerging applications for the precise detection and characterization of lesions in the body. We explore the integration of this method in a variety of clinical scenarios. Prostate imaging, for example, is explored in an article on pre-operative local staging at 3Tesla. In addition, syngo® REVEAL enables us to obtain information about tumor viability, as shown in an extensive case report on a patient with nonsecretory multiple myeloma. DWI techniques can also be used to gather additional information about perfusion within one scan. Background information about the “intravoxel incoherent motion” (IVIM) technique and its clinical relevance in the differentiation of pancreatic lesions are examined in the article by Re et al., German Cancer Research Center.

 

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Assessment of Tumor Extension
and Improved Localization for
Planning of Nerve Sparing Radical
Prostatectomy

 

Matthias Philipp Lichy, M.D. 1,4; David Schilling2, M.D; Claus H. von Weyhern3, M.D.; Arnulf Stenzl2, M.D.;
Matthias Roehtke, M.D.1; Ralph Strecker, Ph.D.4; Wilhelm Horger4; Berthold Kiefer, Ph.D.4; Claus D. Claussen, M.D.1;
Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, M.D., Ph.D.1
1 University Hospital Tübingen, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Tübingen, Germany
2 University Hospital Tübingen, Department of Urology, Tübingen, Germany
3 University Hospital Tübingen, Department of Pathology, Tübingen, Germany
4 Siemens Healthcare Sector, Erlangen, Germany

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Case Reports: MRI-guided
Prostate Biopsies

 

Karl Engelhard, M.D.
Diagnostic Radiology, Martha-Maria Hospital Nuernberg, Nuernberg, Germany

18

 

Case Report: Echo Planar Diffusion
Imaging for Detection of Prostate
Cancer Recurrence Otherwise
Occult to Imaging

 

Sarah Foster, M.D.; Nick Ferris, M.D.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Australia

20

 

Characterization of Genitourinary
Lesions Using Diffusion-Weighted
Imaging at 3T MRI

 

Farhood Saremi, M.D.1; Helmuth Schultze-Haakh, Ph.D.2
1Professor of Radiology and Medicine, University of California, Irvine (UCI), USA
2Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Cypress, CA, USA

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Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM)
ƒ-maps of Pancreatic Lesions

 

Re, Thomas Joseph, M.D., MSEE1; Klauss, Miriam, M.D.2; Lemke, Andreas, MSc3,4; Laun, Frederik, Ph.D.4;
Simon, Dirk, MSc1; Delorme, Stefan, M.D.1; Stieltjes, Bram, M.D.1
1German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Department of Radiology – E 010, Heidelberg, Germany
2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
3Department of Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim,
Faculty of Medicine, Mannheim, Germany
4German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Department of Physics in Radiology – E 020, Heidelberg, Germany

34

 

Case Report: Nonsecretory Multiple
Myeloma MRI Monitoring of
Therapy Response

 

Marius Horger, M.D.
University Hospital Tuebingen, Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Tuebingen, Germany

40

 

Case Report: Whole-body Oncologic
Imaging with syngo TimCT

 

Eric Hatfield, M.D.1; Agus Priatna, Ph.D.2; John Kotyk, Ph.D.1; Benjamin Tan, M.D.1; Alto Stemmer3;
Stephan Kannengiesser, Ph.D.3; Vamsi Narra, M.D.1
1 Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
2 Siemens Healthcare, R&D Collaborations, St Louis, Missouri, USA
3 Siemens Healthcare, MR PLM AW Oncology, Erlangen, Germany

50

 

Case Report: Glioblastoma
Multiforme

 

Masahiro Ida, M.D.
Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Ebara Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

52

 

Case Report: Non-Contrast Lower
Limb MR Angiography Using
NATIVE SPACE

 

Associate Professor Andrew Holden; Anna-Maria Lydon; Associate Professor Brett Cowan
Centre for Advanced MRI, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand

54

 

Pre-Transplant Assessment of
Potential Renal Donors with syngo
Native TrueFISP: Case Study and
Initial Experience

 

Mellena D. Bridges, M.D.1; Anthony D. Schroeder1; Bradley D. Bolster, Jr., Ph. D.2; Kevin J. Johnson2
1Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
2Siemens Healthcare, MR R&D Collaborations , Malvern, PA, USA

58

 

Case Reports: Time-Resolved MRA
Evaluation of Pelvic -Congestion
Syndrome

 

Charles Kim, M.D.1; Brian M. Dale, Ph.D.2; Elmar Merkle, M.D.1
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
2Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc., MR R&D, Morrisville, NC, USA

 62

 

Case Report: Role of DWI for
Lesion Discrimination in Breast
MRI of Multifocal and
Contralateral Breast Cancer

 

Evelyn Wenkel1; Christian Geppert2; Michael Uder1; Rolf Janka1
1 Radiologic Institute, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
2 Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany

67

 

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging for
Characterizing Breast Lesions
Prior to Biopsy

 

Mitsuhiro Tozaki, M.D.1; Katsuya Maruyama2
1 Breast Center, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.
2 Siemens Asahi Medical Technologies LTD., Tokyo, Japan

72

 

The Composer

 

Sandra Winsor
Centre for Advanced MRI, University of Auckland, New Zealand

78

 

32-Channel Head Coil
Imaging at 3T

 

Thomas Benner
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

88

 

New with syngo MR B17:
syngo Native – Non Contrast MR
Angiography Techniques

 

Peter Weale
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, MR RD Cardiac Collaborations, Hoffman Estates, IL, USA

92

 

What’s New for Cardiac in
Software Version syngo MR B17

 

Peter Weale
Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc., Cardiovascular Research and Development, Chicago, IL, USA

95

 

Improved Workfl ow and
Performance for Contrast-
Enhanced MR Angiography
Sequences

 

Gary R. McNeal, MS BME; Yutaka Natsuaki, Ph.D.; Randall Kroeker, Ph.D.; Peter Schmitt; Gerhard Laub, Ph.D.
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