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Table 5 Subgroup analysis regarding Radiology practice

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

 

Resident

Senior

p value

n = 229

n = 593

Establishment type

   

 Academic

 Non Academic

 NA

106 (46.29)

123 (53.71)

0

288 (48.57)

305 (51.43)

0

0.558*

Gender

   

 Female

 Male

 Prefer not to say

 NA

148 (64.63)

80 (34.93)

1 (0.44)

0

342 (57.67)

247 (41.65)

4 (0.67)

0

0.158**

Specialty

   

 Specialist

 Non-specialist

 NA

29 (12.72)

199 (87.28)

1

235 (39.83)

355 (60.17)

3

< 0.001*

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

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

134 (72.83)

50 (27.17)

45

349 (69.25)

155 (30.75)

89

0.363*

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

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

145 (80.11)

36 (19.89)

38

432 (87.10)

64 (12.90)

97

0.023*

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

   

 > 4 mm

 < 4 mm

 NA

59 (38.56)

94 (61.44)

76

162 (34.69)

305 (65.31)

126

0.385

Do you use standardized reporting?

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

71 (47.33)

79 (52.67)

79

210 (45.95)

247 (54.05)

136

0.768*

Do you use ESUR guidelines?

   

 Yes

 No

 NA

59 (39.60)

90 (60.40)

80

231 (50.66)

225 (49.34)

37

0.019*

Do you perform Gadolinium T1WI FS sequence?

   

 No, never

 At least one

 Yes, in every case

78 (34.06)

110 (48.04)

41 (17.90)

134 (22.60)

345 (58.18)

114 (19.22)

0.003*

Do you perform Dynamic Contrast enhanced/perfusion MRI?

   

 No, never

 At least one

 Yes, in every case

141 (61.57)

69 (30.13)

19 (8.30)

314 (52.95)

233 (39.29)

46 (7.76)

0.048*

Do you perform DWI sequence?

   

 No, never

 At least one

 Yes, in every case

91 (39.74)

49 (21.40)

89 (38.86)

176 (29.68)

159 (26.81)

258 (43.51)

0.019*

  1. *χ2 test **Fisher