title: Potential of surface-coil MRI for staging of esophageal cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility of external surface-coil MRI as a new method of imaging the esophagus and esophageal cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results for the 10 patients investigated indicate that by using a high-resolution axial T2-weighted sequence (small field of view, thin section images), MRI provides detailed imaging of the anatomic layers of the esophageal wall and tumor. Three independent radiologists found good correlation in the morphologic appearance and extent of tumor between MRI and matched histology sections. This study illustrates the potential of the technique as an alternative form of local staging for esophageal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, London, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT. Angela.Riddell@rmh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Riddell
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hillier
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: D Michael
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Wotherspoon
authors.forename: Jeremy N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Allum
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging