I Imaoka

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus
diagnostic-accuracy 2010
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000292269

To assess the usefulness of fat-saturated magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in detecting small endometrial implants, 258 pigmented lesions of endometriosis from 80 consecutive patients with histopathologically diagnosed pelvic endometriosis w…

case-report 2005
The British journal of radiology ·doi:10.1259/bjr/82283833

We report a case of cystic adenomyosis, presenting as a huge exophytic cystic mass with florid glandular differentiation. MR findings of the mass mimicked ovarian carcinoma associated with endometriosis. The presence of signal voids bridgin…

diagnostic-accuracy 1999
Magnetic resonance imaging ·doi:10.1016/s0730-725x(99)00097-1

The objective of the study was to assess the usefulness of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in distinguishing malignant from benign conditions in patients with an abnormal uterine cavity. Fifty-four patients that were suspected of having abn…

other 1996
Journal of computer assisted tomography ·doi:10.1097/00004728-199601000-00026

OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to investigate the usefulness of MRI in predicting the response of endometriomas to hormone therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MRI and laparoscopy at the onset of treatment and follow-up MRI after 6 months of hormone t…

other 1996
Academic radiology ·doi:10.1016/s1076-6332(96)80488-0
nonrandomized-trial 1996
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019301

We evaluated the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for assessing the response of patients with endometriomas to medical therapy. MRI was performed before and after treatment in 20 consecutive patients with at least one endometr…

diagnostic-accuracy 1993
Radiology ·doi:10.1148/radiology.188.2.8327693

Fat-saturation magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for detection and characterization of pelvic endometriosis was prospectively investigated in 35 women with a clinical diagnosis of the disease. Large endometrioma was diagnosed when the lesion …