Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging: technique, guidelines and key applications

Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) is an method without ionising radiation that can provide WB coverage with a core protocol of essential contrasts in less than 40 minutes, and it be complemented sequences to evaluate specific body regions as needed. In many cases, WB-MRI surpasses bone scintigraphy computed tomography detecting characterising lesions, evaluating their response therapy screening high-risk patients. Consequently, international guidelines now recommend the use management patients multiple myeloma, prostate cancer, melanoma individuals certain cancer predisposition syndromes. The also growing for metastatic breast ovarian lymphoma well amongst general population. light increasing interest from clinicians radiation-free technique guiding screening, we review its technical basis, current key applications.