Non-invasive test accurately identifies gynaecologic malignancies
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 12:14
in Health & Medicine
Diffusion weighted MR can accurately identify benign from malignant pelvic lymph nodes in patients with gynaecologic 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 sensitised to the motion of water molecules within tissue...