A joint initiative by the British Thoracic Society and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in
Great Britain and Ireland was undertaken to update the 2001 guidelines for the selection …

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

This review compares the emerging technologies and approaches in the application of
magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) imaging for the assessment of …

Background Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide.
Accurate staging is important for patient management and clinical research. The recognition …

Purpose To develop a simple noninvasive technique for evaluating pleural invasion by
using routine preoperative computed tomography (CT). Materials and Methods The …

Integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has many
advantages over solitary PET and CT, which has led it to become an increasingly …

Since MR imaging was introduced for the assessment of thoracic and lung diseases, various
limitations, mostly related to the relatively low proton density of lung parenchyma, the …

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

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality globally. Imaging is essential in
the screening, diagnosis, staging, response assessment, and surveillance of patients with …

Imaging has an important role in the multidisciplinary management of primary lung cancer.
This article reviews the current state-of-the-art imaging modalities used for the evaluation …