Added Value of Assessing Adnexal Masses with Advanced MRI Techniques

I Thomassin-Naggara; D Balvay; A Rockall; M F Carette; M Ballester; E Darai; M Bazot

doi:10.1155/2015/785206

Added Value of Assessing Adnexal Masses with Advanced MRI Techniques

Biomed Res Int. 2015:2015:785206. doi: 10.1155/2015/785206. Epub 2015 Aug 27.

Authors

I Thomassin-Naggara¹, D Balvay², A Rockall³, M F Carette⁴, M Ballester⁵, E Darai⁵, M Bazot⁴

Affiliations

¹ INSERM, UMR970, Team 2, Angiogenesis Imaging, 75005 Paris, France ; AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, Department of Radiology, 58 avenue Gambetta, 75020 Paris, France ; Sorbonne University, UPMC Univ Paris 06, IUC, 75005 Paris, France.
² INSERM, UMR970, Team 2, Angiogenesis Imaging, 75005 Paris, France.
³ Imperial College London, ICTEM Building, Room 136, 1st Floor, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.
⁴ AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, Department of Radiology, 58 avenue Gambetta, 75020 Paris, France ; Sorbonne University, UPMC Univ Paris 06, IUC, 75005 Paris, France.
⁵ Sorbonne University, UPMC Univ Paris 06, IUC, 75005 Paris, France ; AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 4 rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France.

Abstract

This review will present the added value of perfusion and diffusion MR sequences to characterize adnexal masses. These two functional MR techniques are readily available in routine clinical practice. We will describe the acquisition parameters and a method of analysis to optimize their added value compared with conventional images. We will then propose a model of interpretation that combines the anatomical and morphological information from conventional MRI sequences with the functional information provided by perfusion and diffusion weighted sequences.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adnexal Diseases / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*

Grants and funding

HTA/14/31/04/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom