MR imaging has become an important tool in the evaluation of patients with adnexal disease, and its role continues to evolve. Some benign entities can be diagnosed by MR imaging with a high grade of confidence, such as teratomas, endometrio…
Abstract MRI provides an effective means for evaluating the female pelvis. This unit present a basic protocol for imaging the female pelvis. The protocol is designed to evaluate for the presence of fibroids or adenomyosis, uterine anomalies…
This study compared one routine T2-weighted fast spin echo (T2FSE) sequence with a breath-hold T2FSE (BH T2FSE) sequence of the female pelvis for image quality, uterine anatomy, lesion detection, and signal intensity measurements. Thirty-tw…
Suspected pelvic endometriosis was prospectively evaluated in 31 women with T1- and T2-weighted conventional spin-echo (CSE) magnetic resonance imaging alone and in combination with T1-weighted fat-suppressed (T1FS) and gadolinium-enhanced …
PURPOSE: To prospectively compare conventional spin-echo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and transvaginal sonography for the diagnosis of adenomyosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty women with clinically suspected adenomyosis underwent MR i…