MR endoscopy: preliminary experience in human trials

Radiology. 1997 Mar;202(3):868-70. doi: 10.1148/radiology.202.3.9051048.

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].

MeSH terms

  • Anal Canal / pathology
  • Endoscopes
  • Endoscopy* / methods
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Esophagus / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging* / instrumentation
  • Rectal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Rectum / pathology