T-staging of rectal cancer: Utility of single-shot turbo spin-echo diffusion-weighted imaging with T2-weighted images and fusion images.

<h4>Purpose</h4>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of turbo spin-echo (TSE) DWI with fusion images in the T-staging compared with T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) alone and conventional echo-planner imaging (EPI) DWI.<h4>Methods</h4>In this prospective study,...

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Main Authors: Masaki Ogawa, Misugi Urano, Taku Takaishi, Hirohito Kan, Nobuyuki Arai, Hiroki Takahashi, Masayasu Hara, Miki Saito, Yuta Shibamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249433