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Role of time intensity curve in magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of soft tissue tumors | |
Dr.Sudha Karnan, Dr.Vijayakumar Chinnasamy, Dr. Nirmala Vivekandhan, Dr. K.Indumathi, S.Padmanaban, Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan | |
Background: Soft tissue tumors are commonly encountered in the oncologic practice and cause major concern to the patients as well as treating clinicians regarding its nature whether it is benign or malignant. Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI is physiologic imaging method which can monitor tumor enhancement in vivo and give information regarding tumor vasculature and interstitial space volume. Time intensity curve is one of the parameter in Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI which can predict tumor naturein vivo. Aims and Objectives • Toidentify the role ofTime intensity curve inMRimaging ofsofttissuetumorsindifferentiating benign and malignant tumors. • To evaluate itsadditional role in management of soft tissue tumors in differentiatingbenign and malignant tumors. • Toevaluate its additional role in management of soft tissue tumors like treatment follows up. Results andConclusion Time intensity curves when combined with routine MRI can improve the diagnostic performance in the prediction of malignancy. TypeIII,IV&V curves are predictorsofmalignancyand type IVis more specific. DynamiccontrastenhancedMRIhas apotential roleinevaluatingthe response to chemotherapy and guiding the biopsy. |
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