MR endoscopy: preliminary experience in human trials.
The authors performed local staging of esophageal and rectal cancer (without pathologic correlation) with use of a nonferromagnetic magnetic resonance (MR) endoscope with a 3-cm-long receive-only coil embedded in its tip in 16 patients (eight with esophageal cancer and eight with anorectal cancer). Results with spin-echo sequences were optimal in all cases [corrected].
Feldman
D R
DR
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
Kulling
D P
DP
Hawes
R H
RH
Kay
C L
CL
Muckenfuss
V R
VR
Cotton
P B
PB
Bohning
D E
DE
Young
J W
JW
D001003:Anal Canal / Q000473:pathology; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology