Non-invasive test accurately identifies gynecologic malignancies
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 11:35
in Health & Medicine
Diffusion weighted MR can accurately identify benign from malignant pelvic lymph nodes in patients with gynecologic malignancy, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. Diffusion weighted imaging is a noninvasive test that uses an MRI sequence sensitized to the motion of water molecules within tissue.