title: A research method for MRI tissue characterization studies using small coils for excised organs.
abstract: The main purpose of this report is to describe our method of MRI tissue characterization studies, which consists of MR imaging of the patient, precision MR imaging of the excised organ, and pathological examination of the organ. We first made small coils to be used with conventional MRI scanners to examine the excised organs. In order to make it easier to understand the effectiveness of our method, three illustrative case reports of abdominal or pelvic tumors were presented as examples of the tissue characterization studies. In conclusion, this method seemed very useful and, in addition, it was found that this small coil technique has several advantages in other applications.
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis