Estrogen effect analysis in three-dimensional isovoxel T2-weighted MR images for postmenopausal women

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25461846
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Radiation science
• Research Institution: Saitama Medical University
• Principal Investigator: Kozawa Eito 埼玉医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (90255109)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Takahashi Masahiro 埼玉医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (10649346) ; Inoue Kaiji 埼玉医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (40337572) ; Mizukoshi Waka 埼玉医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (10306334)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: estrogen / MRI / isovoxel images / endometrium / myometrium / ovary tumors

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is known that estrogens have a major influence on the pelvic organ such as a uterus and the ovaries and these organs can be evaluated by using MR imaging. In this study I tried to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate uterine endometrium and myometrium about the differences between ovarian tumors patients with and without high estradiol levels.
In September, 2015, I reported the difference of uterine myometrium and endometrium volume between premenopausal and postmenopausal women of normal volunteers and in April, 2016, I reported the differences between ovarian tumors patients with and without high estradiol levels by using three-dimensional isovoxel T2-weighted MR images. Furthermore, in October, 2016, I reported a general report the differences between normal volunteers and ovarian tumors patients with and without high estradiol levels by using three-dimensional isovoxel T2-weighted MR image in the 16th ICGS in Lisbon. I have been writing two original scientific papers.

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