Detection of rib metastases in patients with lung cancer: a comparative study of MRI, CT and bone scintigraphy.

We retrospectively investigated the imaging findings of bone scintigraphy, chest CT and chest MRI in 55 cases of lung cancer. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the detection of rib metastases were compared between imaging modalities on both a per-lesion and a per-patient basis. On a per-l...

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Main Authors: Yan-Qing Chen, Yang Yang, Yan-Fen Xing, Sen Jiang, Xi-Wen Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3531443?pdf=render