ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Med.
Sec. Obstetrics and Gynecology
Study on the diagnostic value of 3.0T endovaginal coil magnetic resonance imaging technique for early cervical cancer
- YL
Yingyuan Li 1,2
- MW
Meixian Wu 2
- KZ
Ke Zhang 2
- BY
Bin Yu 2
- WQ
Wenhua Qin 2
- DZ
Dingyuan Zeng 2
- FL
Fajin Lv 1
1. Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
2. Liuzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Liuzhou, China
Select one of your emails
You have multiple emails registered with Frontiers:
Notify me on publication
Please enter your email address:
If you already have an account, please login
You don't have a Frontiers account ? You can register here
Abstract
Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of 3.0T endovaginal coil magnetic resonance imaging technique for early cervical cancer. Methods Forty patients with early cervical cancer admitted to the gynecology department of the hospital were selected, and each patient underwent pelvic magnetic resonance scanning with external array coil and intravaginal coil, respectively. The imaging quality scores of the two coil images were analyzed and compared by two radiologist with double-blind method, and the accuracy of preoperative pathological staging of early cervical cancer (stage Ia1-Ib1) was compared between the two groups with postoperative pathological results as the gold standard. Results The image quality score of the endovaginal coil group was significantly higher than that of the external array coil group, and the difference was statistically significant (t=-2.85, P<0.05). Taking the postoperative pathological results as the gold standard, the accuracy of pathological diagnosis of early cervical cancer (stage Ia1-Ib1) in the endovaginal coil group was 82.5% and 37.5% in the external array coil group. The difference was statistically significant (x2=4.56, P=0.027<0.05). Conclusion 3.0T magnetic resonance combined with endovaginal coil is better than external array coil in the imaging diagnosis of early cervical cancer, and can more accurately diagnose cervical cancer.
Summary
Keywords
cervical cancer, endovaginal coil, high-resolution imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Preoperative staging
Received
06 February 2026
Accepted
03 April 2026
Copyright
© 2026 Li, Wu, Zhang, Yu, Qin, Zeng and Lv. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Fajin Lv
Disclaimer
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.