ABSTRACT
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has recently been introduced into clinical practice as a diagnostic lung imaging modality. After chest radiography and computed tomography (CT), which is regarded as the standard and most comprehensive three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques of the lung, MRI is increasingly used as an alternative and supplementary method, albeit in selected cases. Once broadly available and suf- ciently robust, it will likely become a modality of choice for cases in which exposure to ionizing radiation should be strictly avoided. This would comprise children, pregnant women, and disorders requiring repeated followup examinations over prolonged periods in which MRI could contribute signicantly to lowering the cumulative radiation dose and therapy burden.
