Quantitative Whole-Body MRI (2024)

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Application Tips & Protocols Clinical Talks and Articles FAQs References

Application Tips & Protocols

Whole-Body MRI at 1.5T in the Era of Deep Resolve.
Step-by-step video tutorial with MAGNETOM Sola and software version syngo MR XA51

Will McGuire, Deputy MRI Superintendent Radiographer(Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Northwood, Middlesex, UK)

The "Comprehensive" protocol includes a fast FLAIR brain scan, lung imaging and additional VIBE sequences. This protocol will be the more widely compatible version as it does not include Deep Resolve or other advanced acceleration techniques.
The "Core" protocol is typically used for bone-only disease. This protocol contains Deep Resolve Gain and Deep Resolve Sharp enhanced sequences.
You can mix and match sequences from both protocols to best suit your requirements.
Deep Resolve Boost enhanced protocols will be uploaded when syngo MR XA60/61 becomes widely available.

Whole-Body MRI at 1.5T in the Era of Deep Resolve

Will McGuire; Marie Fennessy; Anwar R. Padhani
(Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK)

Read article (pdf) 1.6 MB

Whole-body MRI at 1.5T: step-by-step video tutorial
with MAGNETOM Avantofit and software version syngo MR E11C

Will McGuire, Deputy Superintendent Radiographer, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Whole-body MRI has been used as a clinical tool at Paul Strickland Scanner Centre for over 10 years. In that time they have performed over 6,500 examinations, using a protocol designed to enable the detection and surveillance of metastatic bone and soft tissue disease. Will McGuire, Linda Culver and Anwar R. Padhani share their .exar1 protocol file exported from a MAGNETOM Avanto^fit running software versionsyngoMR E11C.

Whole-body MRI protocols from The Royal Marsden Hospital

Radiology Department at The Royal Marsden, London, UK

The department of Diagnostic Radiology at the Royal Marsden Hospital, one of the leading institutions in advanced oncological imaging and specializing in functional and whole-body MR imaging in the assessment of lesion biology and therapy response, shares clinically optimized and proven protocols for whole-body MRI on different 1.5T MAGNETOM systems.

Download MAGNETOM Sola 1.5T WB-MRI protocols (.exar1 files and PDFs) (7z) 0.72 MB
Download MAGNETOM Aera 1.5T WB-MRI protocols (.exar1 files and PDFs) (7z) 0.69 MB
Download MAGNETOM Avanto 1.5T WB-MRI protocols (.edx file and PDFs) (zip) 0.18 MB
Accompanying notes for whole-body MRI protocols (pdf) 0.1 MB

Whole-body MRI at 1.5T: step-by-step

Will McGuire, Deputy Superintendent Radiographer, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Read article (pdf) 4.21 MB

Pediatric Whole-Body MRI: How I Do It

Bac Nguyen, BSc; Lil-Sofie Muller, M.D., Ph.D., Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

Read article (pdf) 4.96 MB

How-I-do-it: Whole-body MRI including DWI

David Hillier, MR Application Specialist, Siemens Healthineers Great Britain and Ireland

Read article (pdf) 1.94 MB

Clinical Talks and Articles

Initial Experiences Using Deep Resolve Boost to Accelerate Whole-Body Diffusion MRI

Andrea Ponsiglione, PhD (University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy); Anwar R. Padhani, MB, BS, FRCP, FRCR; et al.
(Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK)

Read article (pdf) 1.98 MB

MR Total Tumor Load – First Clinical Experience in Pediatric Oncology Patients

Ilias Tsiflikas, Jürgen F. Schäfer; University Hospital Tübingen, Germany

Read article (pdf) 0.55 MB

Developing Whole-body MRI for Precision Oncology

Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Whole-body MR diffusion imaging in oncology: origins, practice, and outlook

Giuseppe Petralia, M.D., et al., European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Read article (pdf) 0.29 MB

Progress on whole-body MRI use for advanced breast cancer

Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Watching Cancer Develop Multidrug Resistance

Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Quantitative WB-MRI with ADC Histogram Analysis for Response Assessment in Diffuse Bone Disease

Danoob Dalili, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Read article (pdf) 0.31 MB

Quantitative WB-MRI with ADC Histogram Analysis for Complex Response of Bone Marrow Metastatic Disease

Danoob Dalili, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Read article (pdf) 0.29 MB

Evolution of the Malignant Bone Marrow with Successful Therapy – Quantitative Analysis with Whole-body Diffusion-weighted MRI

Danoob Dalili, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK
Priya V. Joshi, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and the East and North Herts NHS trust hospitals, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Read article (pdf) 0.47 MB

Whole-body Diffusion-weighted MRI: The Time has Come for a Change

Atul Kapoor, Goldaa Mahajan, Aprajita Kapoor, Department of Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Advanced Diagnostics Amritsar, Punjab, India

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Observing Endocrine Therapy Resistance in Metastatic Breast Cancer with Whole-body MRI

Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Read article (pdf) 1.45 MB

Metastatic Prostate Cancer in Practice The MET-RADS-P Imaging Response System Using Whole-body MRI

Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK
Nina Tunariu, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust & Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Sutton, Surrey, UK

Read article (pdf) 2.2 MB

Monitoring Bone Marrow Metastases Treatment with Whole-Body Diffusion MRI

Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

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Whole Body Diffusion-Weighted MRI for Bone Marrow Tumor Detection

Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Read article (pdf) 1.69 MB

Initial Experience with Whole-Body Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Oncological and Non-Oncological Patients

Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, Clínica de Diagnóstico por Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Read article (pdf) 2.12 MB

Whole-Body Diffusion-Weighted MRI of the Bone Marrow in Health and Disease

Anwar R. Padhani, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK

Read article (pdf) 0.97 MB

18F-FDG PET/MR: Its Incremental Value in Assessing the Multiple Myeloma Patient

Shetal N. Shah, M.D., Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Read article (pdf) 1.63 MB

Hybrid PET/MR Imaging with PSMA-Ligands: The Future Standard in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer?

Ali Afshar-Oromieh, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Read article (pdf) 1.63 MB

Combining [18F] PET with MR for Detection of Bone Metastases in One Simultaneous Examination

Markus Lentschig, CEMODI, Centre for Modern Diagnostics, Bremen, Germany

Read article (pdf) 1.09 MB

FAQs

What is a quantitative MRI? ›

In contrast, quantitative MRI (qMRI) techniques measure actual tissue parameters such as the T1-, T2-, T2*-relaxation times or the proton density (PD), largely eliminating hardware effects (2). Figure 1 demonstrates examples of qMRI maps.

Is a full body MRI scan worth it? ›

However, unlike proven screenings such as pap smears or colonoscopies, full body MRIs have not been shown to be beneficial. Importantly, screening tests like pap smears and colonoscopies have undergone extensive study and are recommended in individuals who are at risk.

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Does a full body MRI detect colon cancer? ›

Full-body MRIs can't detect every type of cancer.

There are many types of cancer, with a vast range of early warning signs. Many of the most common don't appear on MRIs. For instance, colon cancer screening requires a colonoscopy.

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How much does it cost for a full body MRI scan? ›

Your Health, Your Choice

Fast Track MRI - Scan within 7 days	£365
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What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative MRI? ›

Qualitative versus quantitative MRI

Moreover with qualitative MRI, analyses are generally not provided with an associated measurement of uncertainty. Quantitative MRI, as the name suggests, allows for the measurement of various properties from the MR image.

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What is quantitative imaging? ›

Quantitative Imaging refers to the use of novel MRI sequences and analysis methods to derive meaningful neuroanatomical properties from quantitative metrics related to biological processes, allowing for the identification of biomarkers and disease progression in neurological conditions such as epilepsy.

Can a full body MRI detect stomach cancer? ›

Like a CT scan, an MRI can show detailed images of soft tissues in the body. But MRIs use radio waves and strong magnets instead of x-rays. This test is not used as often as CT scans to look for stomach cancer, but it may be helpful in certain situations, such as when looking for tumors in the liver.

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Is an MRI as good as a colonoscopy? ›

Results: In detecting endoluminal lesions, MRC achieved a diagnostic accuracy similar to CC (sensitivity, 96%; specificity, 93%; positive predictive value, 98%; and negative predictive value, 87.5%). Conclusions: MRC could be useful in screening programs of patients at high risk for colon cancer.