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Chinese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics(Electronic Edition) ›› 2025, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (01): 15 -20. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.1673-5250.2025.01.002

Special Column of Women's and Children's Imaging Research

Current research status of multimodal imaging in pediatric common abdominal malignant tumors

Meijuan Gao1, Suzhen Dong1,()   

  1. 1. Department of Radiology,Shanghai Children's Medical Center,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200127,China
  • Received:2024-09-01 Revised:2025-01-03 Published:2025-02-01
  • Corresponding author: Suzhen Dong

Neuroblastoma(NB),Wilms tumor(WT)and hepatoblastoma(HB)are the most three common abdominal malignant tumors in children.Early diagnosis and accurate staging can not only help to develop personalized treatment plans,but also predict the prognosis of children.In recent years,the continuous development of multimodal imaging technologies such as contra-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS),energy spectrum CT,diffusion weighted imaging(DWI)and optical molecular imaging(OMI)have made the diagnosis,staging,grading,and prognosis evaluation of pediatric abdominal tumors increasingly accurate.The author intends to introduce the new multimodal imaging techniques and the latest research status of their application in the diagnosis of the above three most common abdominal malignancies in children.

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