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Table 3 Subgroup analysis regarding type of institution

From: MRI in female pelvis: an ESUR/ESR survey

 

Academic practice

Non academic practice

p value

n = 434

n = 395

Gender

   

 Female

 Male

 Prefer not to say

 NA

278 (64.35)

152 (35.19)

2 (0.46)

2

215 (54.57)

176 (44.67)

3 (0.76)

1

0.010**

Specialist in gynecological imaging

   

 Specialist

 Non specialist

 NA

165 (38.82)

260 (61.18)

9

99 (25.19)

294 (74.81)

2

< 0.001*

Use of T2/T1 sequence covering the whole paraaortic regions

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

248 (69.66)

108 (30.34)

78

235 (70.78)

97 (29.22)

63

0.748*

Oblique sequence perpendicular to the axis of the uterus or cervix for endometrial or cervical cancer staging

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

309 (87.78)

43 (12.22)

82

268 (82.46)

57 (17.54)

70

0.051*

What is the slice thickness of your axial or axial oblique sequence?

   

  > 4 mm

 ≤ 4 mm

 NA

115 (35.49)

209 (64.51)

110

106 (35.93)

189 (64.07)

100

0.909*

Do you perform Gadolinium T1WI FS sequence?

   

 No, never

 At least one

 Yes, in every case

115 (26.5)

235 (54.1)

84 (19.4)

104 (26.3)

220 (55.7)

71 (18.0)

0.859*

Do you perform dynamic contrast enhanced/perfusion MRI?

   

 No, never

 At least one (%)

 Yes, in every case

231 (53.2)

170 (39.2)

33 (7.6)

231 (58.5)

132 (33.4)

32 (8.1)

0.227*

Do you perform DWI sequence?

   

 No, never

 At least one

 Yes, in every case

129 (29.7)

106 (24.4)

199 (45.9)

145 (36.7)

102 (25.8)

148 (37.5)

0.035*

Do you use standardized reporting?

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

133 (41.43)

188 (58.57)

113

148 (51.75)

138 (48.25)

109

0.011*

Do you use ESUR guidelines?

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

174 (54.21)

147 (45.79)

113

116 (40.85)

168 (59.15)

111

0.001*

  1. *χ2 test; **Fisher