- Authors:
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- Beets-Tan, Regina G H ;
- Lambregts, Doenja M J ;
- Maas, Monique ;
- Bipat, Shandra ;
- Barbaro, Brunella ;
- Caseiro-Alves, Filipe ;
- Curvo-Semedo, Luís ;
- Fenlon, Helen M ;
- Gollub, Marc J ;
- Gourtsoyianni, Sofia ;
- Halligan, Steve ;
- Hoeffel, Christine ;
- Kim, Seung Ho ;
- Laghi, Andrea ;
- Maier, Andrea ;
- Rafaelsen, Søren R ;
- Stoker, Jaap ;
- Taylor, Stuart A ;
- Torkzad, Michael R ;
- Blomqvist, Lennart
- Subtitle:
- recommendations from the 2012 European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) consensus meeting
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00330-013-2864-4
- Abstract:
- OBJECTIVES: To develop guidelines describing a standardised approach regarding the acquisition, interpretation and reporting of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for clinical staging and restaging of rectal cancer. METHODS: A consensus meeting of 14 abdominal imaging experts from the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) was conducted following the RAND-UCLA Appropriateness Method. Two independent (non-voting) chairs facilitated the meeting. Two hundred and thirty-six items were scored by participants for appropriateness and classified subsequently as appropriate or inappropriate (defined by ≥ 80 % consensus) or uncertain (defined by
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- European Radiology, 2013, Vol 23, Issue 9, p. 2522-2531
- Main Research Area:
- Medical science
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2013
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
- ID:
- 244159404