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Since the clinical introduction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the chest has been one
of its most challenging applications, and since the 1980s many physicists and radiologists …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and imaging
techniques such as chest radiography, computed tomography (CT), positron emission …

Since the publication of the Radiologic Diagnostic Oncology Group Report in 1991, the
clinical application of pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with lung …

Simple Summary Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging had limited clinical indications in
patients with thoracic malignancies in the last a few decades. However, technical advances …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Prognosis and treatment
outcomes are known to be related to the disease stage at the time of diagnosis. Therefore …

MRI has superior soft-tissue definition compared with existing imaging modalities in
radiation oncology; this has the added benefit of functional as well as anatomical imaging …

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death for men and women in the
United States. Accurate cancer staging is essential for determining appropriate management …

Tumor, lymph node, and metastasis (TNM) classification of lung cancer is typically
performed with the TNM staging system, as recommended by the Union Internationale …

Compared to computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) only plays a
minor role for the imaging of lung cancer. Among the reasons are technical limitations, such …