title: MR endoscopy: preliminary experience in human trials.
abstract: 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].
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kulling
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hawes
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Muckenfuss
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Cotton
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Bohning
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: 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