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Pelvic CT in addition to MRI to differentiate between rectal and sigmoid cancer on imaging using the sigmoid take-off as a landmark.

Nino BogveradzeMonique MaasNajim El KhababiNiels W SchurinkMax J LahayeFrans Ch BakersPieter J TanisMiranda KustersGeerard L BeetsRegina Gh Beets-TanDoenja M J Lambregts
Published in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2022)
Availability of a consistent axial imaging plane - in the case of this study provided by CT - in addition to a standard MRI protocol with sagittal and oblique-axial imaging views can be helpful to more confidently localize tumors using the STO as a landmark, especially for more junior readers.
Keyphrases
  • contrast enhanced
  • high resolution
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • computed tomography
  • rectal cancer
  • dual energy
  • magnetic resonance
  • diffusion weighted imaging
  • papillary thyroid