Open AccessMeasurement of rectal tumor height from the anal verge on MRI: a comparison of internal versus external anal sphincter
Author(s) -
David D. B. Bates,
James L. Fuqua,
Junting Zheng,
Marinela Capanu,
Jennifer S. Golia Pernicka,
Sidra Javed-Tayyab,
Viktoriya Paroder,
Iva Petkovska,
Marc J. Gollub
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
abdominal radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.824
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 2366-004X
pISSN - 2366-0058
DOI - 10.1007/s00261-020-02757-3
Subject(s) - medicine , anal verge , external anal sphincter , internal anal sphincter , hepatology , nuclear medicine , endoscopy , sagittal plane , anal cancer , sphincter , colorectal cancer , rectum , anus , colorectal cancer screening , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , limits of agreement , anal canal , surgery , cancer , colonoscopy
To determine the most accurate measurement technique to assess rectal tumor height on MRI using two different anatomic landmarks for the anal verge.