title: Thin-section MRI with a phased-array coil for preoperative evaluation of pelvic anatomy and tumor extent in patients with rectal cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of our study was to assess the accuracy of thin-section MRI performed with a phased-array coil as a technique for the preoperative evaluation of pelvic anatomy and tumor extent in patients with rectal cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Thin-section MRI with a phased-array coil is accurate and reliable for preoperative evaluation of pelvic anatomy and depth of transmural tumor invasion. Thus, it may be helpful in the selection of the appropriate treatment for patients with rectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akasu
authors.forename: Gen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iinuma
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Ukihide
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: Kunihisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moriyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery