Keywords: Biomarkers, Quantitative Imaging
Motivation: Diagnostic delay and uncertainty are common problems faced by patients suffering from endometriosis. Although laparoscopy remains the gold-standard for diagnosis, quantitative MRI (qMRI) could offer an alternative non-invasive approach.
Goal(s): To use qMRI to characterise endometriotic lesions.
Approach: Quantitative analysis of multiparametric MRI data (including T1 MOLLI, T2* and PDFF parametric maps) to characterise tissue metrics obtained from patients suffering with chronic pelvic pain who subsequently underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy.
Results: Endometriomas have characteristic qMRI values different to other tissues in the female pelvis.
Impact: The distinctive parametric characteristics of endometriomas provides a foundation for the development of a non-invasive diagnostic tool that can detect endometriotic lesions within the pelvis.
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