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Table 4 Subgroup analysis regarding localization

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

 

Other

Europe

p value

n = 464

n = 376

Establishment type

   

 Academic

 Non Academic

 NA

209 (45.93)

246 (54.07)

9

225 (60.16)

149 (39.84)

2

< 0.001*

Gender

   

 Female

 Male

 Prefer not to say

 NA

259 (57.17)

192 (42.38)

2 (0.44)

11

234 (62.73)

136 (36.46)

3 (0.80)

3

0.183**

Specialty

   

 Specialist

 Non-specialist

 NA

117 (26.06)

332 (73.94)

15

147 (39.84)

222 (60.16)

7

< 0.001*

Do you also use a T2/T1 sequence that covers the whole paraaortic regions?

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

291 (75.19)

96 (24.81)

77

192 (63.79)

109 (36.21)

75

0.001*

Do you use axial oblique sequence perpendicular to the axis of the uterus or cervix

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

302 (79.47)

78 (20.53)

84

275 (92.59)

22 (7.41)

79

< 0.001*

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

   

  > 4 mm

  ≤ 4 mm

 NA

139 (41.00)

200 (59.00)

125

82 (29.29)

198 (70.71)

96

0.002*

Do you use standardized reporting?

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

191 (58.05)

138 (41.95)

135

90 (32.37)

188 (67.63)

99

 < 0.001*

Do you use ESUR guidelines?

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

115 (35.06)

213 (64.94)

136

175 (63.18)

102 (36.82)

99

 < 0.001*

Do you perform Gadolinium T1WI FS sequence?

   

 No, never

 At least one

 Yes, in every case

129 (27.80)

249 (53.70)

86 (18.50)

101 (26.90)

206 (54.80)

69 (18.4)

0.942

Do you perform Dynamic Contrast enhanced/perfusion MRI?

   

 No, never

 At least one

 Yes, in every case

282 (60.8)

149 (32.1)

33 (7.1)

191 (50.8)

153 (40.7)

32 (8.5)

0.015

Do you perform DWI sequence?

   

 No, never

 At least one

 Yes, in every case

182 (39.2)

118 (25.4)

164 (35.3)

103 (27.4)

90 (23.9)

183 (48.7)

 < 0.001*

  1. *χ2 test; **Fisher