Open AccessDiagnostic performance of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in pulmonary malignant lesions: a meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Ning Chang,
Xiaohui Wang,
LongBiao Cui,
Hong Yin,
Tao Jiang,
Fulin Chen,
Lipeng Liu,
Jian Zhang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
translational lung cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4477
pISSN - 2218-6751
DOI - 10.21037/tlcr.2019.10.08
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , receiver operating characteristic , meta analysis , radiology , nuclear medicine , lung cancer , positron emission tomography , lesion , radiography , area under the curve , lung , pathology
Overuse or misuse of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) should be avoided for its ionizing-radiation. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI), characterized by no radiation, may be regarded as an alternative in differentiating pulmonary nodules. We aim to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of DW-MRI in diagnosing of pulmonary lesions.