Combined T2 SPAIR, Dynamic Enhancement and DW Imaging Reliably Detect T Staging and Grading of Bladder Cancer With 3.0T MRI

Objectives: To evaluate bladder cancer by integrating multiple imaging features acquired using multimodal 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods: We prospectively enrolled 163 consecutive patients including 142 men (mean age, 65.2 years) and 21 women (mean age, 65.8 years). We evaluated the efficiency and reliability of the multiple imaging modalities including T2-weighted spectral attenuated inversion recovery (SPAIR) imaging, dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging and diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging, and the imaging feature, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the identification of the T staging and grading. We compared our imaging findings with the results of histological examination using McNemar's test. We reported the results under the significance of p