| Body part | Common clinical indications |
| Central nervous system | - Evaluate for primary and metastatic tumor
- Differentiate active versus inactive lesions of multiple sclerosis
- Evaluate for extradural or intra-axial infection
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| Breast | - Cancer detection for patients undergoing screening and those with symptoms
- Cancer treatment planning to detect multifocal, multicentric, and contralateral tumor and to assess axillary lymph nodes
- Assess response to chemotherapy
- Evaluate the postsurgical breast for recurrent tumor
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| Cardiac | - Evaluation of cardiomyopathy
- Assessment of myocardial perfusion
- Characterization of cardiac masses
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| Musculoskeletal | - Osteomyelitis
- Tumor characterization and assessment of disease extent
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| Abdomen and pelvis | - Detection and characterization of mass lesions in the liver, kidneys, adrenal glands, pancreas, bowel, urinary collecting system, uterus and adnexa, and prostate
- Cancer treatment planning and assessment of disease extent
- Differentiate acute versus chronic inflammatory bowel disease
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| Magnetic resonance angiography | - Image quality with contrast is significantly better than with noncontrast magnetic resonance angiography
- Evaluate underlying intracranial vessels in stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage, or in children with suspected vascular malformations
- Evaluate arterial blood flow in patients with lower extremity ischemia
- Evaluate for hepatic and renal vasculature for surgical planning
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