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Main indication of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the rectum is local staging of primary rectal cancer. Introduction of new generation MRI scanners with optimal phased array body coils, resulting in improved contrast and spatial resolution images due to better signal-to-noise ratio, has contributed to the production of high-resolution images in which visualization of anatomical details, such as the mesorectal fascia and the bowel wall layers, is feasible. As a consequence, we have reached the point where the shift in diagnostic paradigms is the recommendation of rectal MRI as a part of the standard work up in the preoperative staging of rectal cancer patients.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete Medical School, Iraklion Crete, Greece

    Sofia Gourtsoyianni

  2. Department of Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Regina G. H. Beets-Tan

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    Nicholas C. Gourtsoyiannis

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Gourtsoyianni, S., Beets-Tan, R.G.H. (2009). Rectum. In: Gourtsoyiannis, N. (eds) Clinical MRI of the Abdomen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85689-4_21

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