Quantification of Endometrial Fibrosis Using Noninvasive MRI T2 Mapping: Initial Findings.

Background: Endometrial fibrosis may cause infertility. Accurate evaluation of endometrial fibrosis helps clinicians to schedule timely therapy.

Purpose: To explore T2 mapping for assessing endometrial fibrosis.

Diffusion kurtosis imaging for assessing endometrial fibrosis: a preliminary clinical study.

Purpose: To investigate the feasibility of using diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) for the assessment of endometrial fibrosis.

Methods: 40 patients with hysteroscopy confirmed endometrial fibrosis and 30 healthy women underwent MR examination including the DKI sequence (b = 0, 500, 1000, 1500, and 2000 s/mm). Endometrial thickness (ET), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), corrected ADC (D), and kurtosis of diffusion (K) were measured and compared, and the diagnostic performance of those parameters was evaluated using ROC curves analysis.

Initial Experience With Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Evaluation of Endometrial Fibrosis.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the feasibility of diffusion-weighted imaging for detecting endometrial fibrosis in patients with intrauterine injury.

Methods: This prospective study included 34 patients with endometrial fibrosis and 34 healthy controls. All participants underwent T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with b values of 0 and 1000 s/mm2 during the periovulatory phase with a dominant follicle.

Noninvasive assessment of endometrial fibrosis in patients with intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging.

Recently, few noninvasive methods have been reported to evaluate endometrial fibrosis. Our study was to investigate the feasibility of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MR imaging in the detection of endometrial fibrosis in patients with intrauterine injury. 30 patients with hysteroscopy-confirmed endometrial fibrosis and 28 healthy women were enrolled to undergo MR examination including the IVIM sequence.

Evaluation of Chronic Pancreatitis With T ρ MRI: A Preliminary Study.

Background: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) can result in persistent damage to the endocrine and exocrine tissues of the pancreas. There is an unmet need for quantitative methods to evaluate CP noninvasively.

Purpose: To investigate the utility of T ρ magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the assessment of CP.