title: MR perfusion for pelvic female imaging.
abstract: Perfusion MRI of the female pelvis is based on a T1-weighted imaging acquired repeatedly at high temporal resolution. Post-processing can be carried out either from a visual analysis, by description of the curves or by compartmental modeling. Many studies have shown this method to be useful in detecting cervical cancers (initial tumor or identification of recurrence), and in staging endometrial cancers (assessment of cervical invasion). More recent studies have described perfusion MRI as a tool for characterizing adnexal tumors based on the properties of the microvascular wall. When it is combined with morphological MRI findings and diffusion sequences, it incorporates a decision-making algorithm which has a diagnostic performance of 95.4% in characterizing complex adnexal masses (Thomassin-Naggara et al., 2011).
authors.affiliation: Radiology department, Tenon Hospital, AP-HP, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France; Research imaging department, UMR970, Paris, France. Electronic address: isabelle.thomassin@tnn.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Thomassin-Naggara
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Siles
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balvay
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Cuenod
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Carette
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bazot
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D055420:Perfusion Imaging; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media
keywords: Adnexal masses; Infusion; MRI; Ovarian cancer