An interventional magnetic resonance imaging technique for the molecular characterization of intraprostatic dynamic contrast enhancement

Mol Imaging. 2005 Jan-Mar;4(1):63-6. doi: 10.1162/15353500200504181.

Abstract

The biological characterization of an individual patient's tumor by noninvasive imaging will have an important role in cancer care and clinical research if the molecular processes that underlie the image data are known. Spatial heterogeneity in the dynamics of magnetic resonance imaging contrast enhancement (DCE-MRI) is hypothesized to reflect variations in tumor angiogenesis. Here we demonstrate the feasibility of precisely colocalizing DCE-MRI data with the genomic and proteomic profiles of underlying biopsy tissue using a novel MRI-guided biopsy technique in a patients with prostate cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Contrast Media
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • RNA, Neoplasm / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • RNA, Neoplasm