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Whole Body MRI: Separating Facts from Hype

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In Episode #17 of the Everything MRI podcast we dive into ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž-๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐Œ๐‘๐ˆ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, a radiation free, multiparametric approach that is rapidly changing how clinicians ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž.


Our guest is Dr Nina Tunariu, Consultant Radiologist at ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ž๐ง, shares clinical insights from a leading cancer centre and discusses when whole-body MRI should be considered instead of, or alongside, other imaging modalities.

Dr. Tunariu explains in detail common scan protocols for whole-body imaging and the pivotal role of ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  (DWI) for detection and monitoring of cancer.

She is also focusing on potential ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ and the need for ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง across centres.

We also examine the implications for ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ and ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก, with a focus on reproducibility in different settings (public and private).


Whether you are a radiographer, radiologist, oncologist, physicist or another member of the healthcare team, we are sure you will find this episode full of ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž-๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ that you can apply immediately.

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