role of advanced techniques of MRI in evaluation of pediatric bone tumors

ABSTRACT

Background: Functional magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] improves tissue characterization and staging of bone tumors compared to the information usually supplied by structural imaging. Dynamic MRI and diffusion MRI can be performed in everyday practice. Tumour characterization can benefit from perfusion MRI with dynamic gadolinium injection and enhancement time-intensity curve analysis combined with quantitative and qualitative diffusion MRI